Journalists, residents respond to Chicago media landscape PAGE 27
PAGE 16 Volume 53, Issue 18
February 5, 2018
ColumbiaChronicle.com
How audio engineers have adjusted in the DIY era » KEVIN TIONGSON/CHRONICLE
‘Here’s Meghan!’ New Second City show puts woman in Carson’s shoes » MIRANDA MANIER ARTS & CULTURE REPORTER
CTA proposes route for transportation desert
» SAVANNAH EADENS METRO REPORTER THE ANTICIPATED RED Line Extension project route proposed by the Chicago Transit Authority promises minimal community damage during construction and thousands of new jobs. But questions about how it will be funded still linger. The project proposal, announced Jan. 26, is designed to provide new access to rail service for far South Siders. The 5.3mile extension from its southern tip, 95th Street, would include four new stations near 103rd Street, 111th Street, Michigan Avenue and 130th Street, according to a Jan. 31 email interview with Jon Kaplan, a CTA spokesman.
“[The extension will] connect far South Side residents to affordable housing, jobs, services and educational opportunities,” Kaplan said. “The four new stations can help foster economic development in the area and serve as catalysts for neighborhood revitalization and help reverse decades of disinvestment in local business districts.” CTA chose the route after public feedback from the community, and construction’s scheduling still depends on funding. The earliest construction would begin in 2022, and the project would take about four years and cost about $2.3 billion, according to Kaplan. Kyle Whitehead, government relations director at Active Transportation Alliance, said the extension is a
SEE REDLINE, PAGE 30
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SEE IDENTITY, PAGE 21
MEGHAN BABBE, HOST of “The Tonight Show” in 1972, interviews Rachel Moore, star of the action-packed spy series “Jill Bond.” She chats with Moore’s onscreen eye-patched sidekick Edna and discusses Gladys Knight’s presidential bid. This is the imaginary world of “Identity Heist,” a new show at The Second City, 1616 N. Wells St., which is a partner with Columbia’s comedy writing and performance program. It poses the question: What if gender roles were entirely reversed? Babbe, writer and host of the show, is the conduit for the audience’s experience of a different 1972, in which Jill Bond has an arsenal of Bond boys and “The Godmother” is the year’s most successful drama.