Public art on the CTA

Public art on the CTA
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Public art on the CTA

Feb 28 2026 | 00:04:13

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Episode February 28, 2026 00:04:13

Show Notes

[Fade in nat sound of CTA] I take the CTA at least twice a week. Sometimes to visit my friends at Loyola, sometimes to go climbing, or sometimes just to get away from the suburbia of Evanston. What I always notice, though, are the quick flashes of art at the stops as I pass them on the L or run through them to make my next train. A long, stretching wall full of ceramic tile painted with colorful floating orbs, amorphous shapes and neon pink curlicues at the Howard stop, wooden busts of smiling faces hanging on the outdoor platform […]

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