Neighborhoods
The line, stop by stop.
From Wicker Park to O'Hare, every stop area on the Blue Line's O'Hare branch: what it is like, what a home costs there right now, and how the train fits in.
All stops on the line
Damen
Wicker Park and Bucktown
The oldest station on the line, the six-corner intersection, greystones and the 606.
Division
Ukrainian Village and Noble Square
Subway stop under Milwaukee and Ashland; church domes, two-flats and worker cottages.
Western
Ukrainian Village west and Bucktown west
Elevated stop at Milwaukee and Western; condos beside two-flats; where I closed in June.
California
Logan Square, the boulevards
Elevated stop at California and Milwaukee; the boulevard system, greystones, Palmer Square.
Logan Square
Logan Square
Subway stop under the square; 14 minutes to the Loop; the 1918 column with the eagle.
Belmont
Avondale
Where the line enters the Kennedy median; Avondale's two-flats, the basilica, the best value...
Addison
Avondale and Irving Park
Median station shared by Avondale and Irving Park; the Villa District's Prairie and...
Irving Park
Irving Park
Blue Line and Metra side by side; Queen Anne, Italianate and bungalow streets; +10.5% in a year.
Montrose
Portage Park and Irving Park
Bungalows and two-flats, Six Corners, the biggest park on the line, Metra at Mayfair.
Jefferson Park
Jefferson Park
Blue Line, Metra and buses under one roof; the bungalow belt; where I closed in June.
Harlem
Norwood Park
The last city stop before the airport run; Norwood Park's curving streets, Taft, the North...
Cumberland
O'Hare community area, Cumberland
The big park-and-ride; Park Ridge and Norridge buyers' Blue Line stop; Maine South, Uptown,...
Rosemont
Rosemont
Busiest station outside the city; 798 parking spaces; Pace hub; arena, convention center,...
O'Hare
O'Hare
Helmut Jahn's glass-block terminal under the parking garage; 17 miles from the Loop; the...