A little game I like to call, "Where am I?"*

* - Ok, my brother created the name and game.   I hope he doesn't sue me for using it for my blog.

This is where I took my dogs for their walk this morning.   It is the Wilmette dog area just west of west park, just south of Lake Street.  Standing under those wires may not be one of my favs but this is a really interesting place - really.    Here's why:

• This space under the power lines was once the place where the old Skokie Valley Train line ran.
• Look closely & you can see the old train tracks.
• I posted a lot about this line in the past in my blog:  http://www.sarahrothschild.com/real-estate--history-blog/the-skokie-valley-route

• Here if you look really closely you see a concrete platform support just west of the tracks.  I am guessing there was a Lake Street station which would have been just east of Meier's Tavern.
  

• There are still a few of these older style power poles (my very nontechnical name for them) along the train tracks today.  To me they are actually prettier and more expressive than today's version: