From: "Gary Britt" 

Back in the very early sixties I went down there once with my Dad to watch
the planes take off and land.  Back then it didn't feel as much like you
were in the middle of the city (even though you were).

Gary

"Bill Lucy"  wrote in message
news:MPG.1e041fbab01974d9989763{at}news.barkto.com...
> In article , nomail{at}hotmail.com says...
> > Yea, you'll be dodging the bus and the plane will hit you instead...
 > you're in Chicago anyway>
>
> I used to go around Midway down Central most of the time (Cicero is
> terrible almost always). The end of the runway (actually the endS of
> BOTH runways) are very close to the intersections -- probably less than
> 100 feet. Before they put screens up, you could actually see takeoffs
> and landings from the intersection of 63rd and Central and 63rd and
> Cicero.
>

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