Tribute to the North Shore Line

Tribute to the North Shore Line

Presented by Jeff Wien

Friday, January 27, 2017, at 7 p.m.

University Center

Loop River Room

(Note: New room is next to old one)

525 S. State Street, Chicago, IL

(Located between Congress Parkway and Harrison St.)

The Loop River Room is located on the second floor. After entering the lobby, go through the glass doors on your left for stair and elevator access to the area. Doors open at 6 p.m.

Tonight we will view various aspects of the beloved North Shore Line through an encore presentation of the 50^th Anniversary North Shore Line program which was originally shown at CERA on January 25^th, 2013. North Shore enthusiasts never tire of seeing visual presentations of their beloved interurban, so we are sure that you will enjoy the encore presentation of this well received program that was produced by the late Bradley Criss.

Halfway through the meeting we will break for the CERA Annual Meeting which will include the election of two individuals to the Board of Directors, followed by administrative reports about CERA.

After the Annual Meeting, we will complete the North Shore presentation.

Join us for and evening of North Shore Line visuals. In addition to paying tribute to the North Shore Line, we will also be paying tribute to the late Bradley Criss who passed away after a short illness on June 29, 2016. Bradley was a talented videographer and photo editor who produced the Chicago Streetcar Memories DVD in 2009, The Tribute to the North Shore Line DVD in 2013 and the Chicago Streetcar Pictorial, the PCC Car Era, 1936-1958 in June 2015. At the time of his death he was working on several other publications.