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	Village of Skokie - About - Community Profile
		Skokie's history is rich with influences of the American Indian, French and British explorers, and the emigration of European settlers.
		Skokie's population approximately 63,679 people continues to embrace the past and enjoy their vibrant community of today while still envisioning a dynamic future for the community.
		Skokie shares borders with the City of Evanston to the east; the Villages of Glenview and Wilmette to the north; the Villages of Morton Grove and Niles to the west and the Village of Lincolnwood and the City of Chicago to the south.
	www.skokie.org /about/profile.html (1185 words)

	Skokie, Illinois - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Skokie is bordered by Evanston, Chicago, Lincolnwood, Morton Grove, Niles, and Wilmette.
		Skokie is also the traditional home of Chicago's Jewish population, although in recent years the town has significantly diversified and much of the Jewish population has moved to other suburbs.
		The American Civil Liberties Union intereceded on the behalf of the NSPA, and the march was permitted to proceed under court order, however, the Nazis failed to march on the appointed day possibly because they did not have enough members to carry through with their intention and because of anti-fascist counterdemonstrations.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Skokie (782 words)

	Skokie, IL
		Called Niles Center until 1940, Skokie emerged in the mid-1850s at the confluence of two Indian trails, one going north to Gross Point (Gross Point Road), and the other veering westward to what is now Morton Grove (Lin- coln Avenue).
		Skokie continued to grow with the completion of the Edens Expressway in 1951, which provided greater access to Chicago; and the Old Orchard Shopping Center, opened in 1956, generated further commercial development in the area.
		To commemorate the Holocaust, of which many of Skokie's Jewish residents were survivors, a memorial sculpture was dedicated in the community's village center in 1987.
	www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org /pages/1148.html (520 words)

	Yellow Line (Chicago Transit Authority) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Skokie Swift is a Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) line running from the Howard Street terminal on the northern city limits of Chicago to Skokie station at Dempster Street in Skokie.
		Howard and Skokie are its only stops, though the possibilities of adding a stop at Oakton Street in downtown Skokie and extending the line to Old Orchard Mall in Skokie have been discussed.
		Skokie Swift is the only CTA line that does not go to Chicago's Loop.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Skokie_Swift (219 words)

	Chicago ''L''.org: Stations - Skokie (Dempster)
		The "Skokie Swift", as it was dubbed, was a "demonstration project" conducted under the terms of the National Housing Act of 1961 and was to be provided on an experimental basis for a duration of two years beginning in April 1964.
		Skokie Fire Department Captain Barry Liss said at the time that the damage was "easily repairable" during restoration, and that the damage beneath the roof was minimal.
		A train of 4000s are seen on the turnback track at Dempster at the end of the Skokie Swift on March 20, 1973 on one of many fantrips that were run in the cars' final months, this one sponsored by CERA.
	www.chicago-l.org /stations/dempster-skokie.html (6901 words)

	Skokie Homes For Sale Skokie Illinois Condos Skokie Townhouses MLS Search
		Skokie celebrates its diversity, and encourages residents and visitors alike to enrich their lives through the innumerable customs, traditions and experiences offered by its residents’ many ethnic and religious backgrounds.
		Skokie residents benefit from city and non-profit organizations that focus on prudent municipal planning, high academic standards and an emphasis on recreational and cultural options for residents of all ages.
		Skokie is located on one of the busiest highways in the region.
	www.skokiehomesforsale.com (1556 words)

	Turn Left: Liberal Friendly Places - Skokie
		Skokie was one of the first Illinois communities to pass fair housing laws, and has a Human Relations Commission to mediate and judge both public and private allegations of racism and discrimination.
		Skokie is one of the few suburbs to have a CTA rail station (the "Skokie Swift" on Dempster) to connect it to the city, and it has always been looked upon by residents as a great transportation and infrastructure asset rather than some nefarious conduit for crime to flow into the suburb.
		Niles Township, where Skokie is located, is one of the few majority-white suburban townships that stuck with Senator Carol Moseley-Braun in the 1998 election.
	www.turnleft.com /places/skokie.html (835 words)

	goskokie: No surprises in new Skokie budget (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Village of Skokie unveiled its new budget proposal at a public hearing Tuesday, with no real surprises: The freeze on property taxes will continue for the 15th consecutive year and there will be no new taxes or fees.
		Skokie imposed a freeze on its property tax levy in 1991 and hasn’t raised it since, even though, as Lockerby said, the village currently collects about $40,000 less in property taxes annually than it did 15 years ago.
		Skokie’s contribution to the police department will increase 1.5 percent to $11.1 million in fiscal year 2006 from $10.9 million in fiscal year 2005.
	mesh.medill.northwestern.edu /goskokie/article.php?story=20050506102910503&mode=print (636 words)

	Chicago ''L''.org: Operations - Lines -> Yellow Line
		The most striking change was that the service, which was to be recoined the Skokie Swift, was a nonstop shuttle between Howard at the Chicago city limits and Dempster in Skokie, about a mile north of the business district.
		During the first years of the Skokie Swift, a maximum operating speed of 70mph was reached, although this dropped to a regular operating speed of 46mph over the five-mile, nonstop line, making it the fastest rapid transit operation in the world.
		Shown at Florence Avenue, Evanston on the Skokie Swift run, '75 was one of three PCC artics repainted in the Bicentennial scheme.
	www.chicago-l.org /operations/lines/yellow.html (6412 words)

	Encyclopedia: Skokie, Illinois (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Oakton Community College is a two-year community college with campuses in Skokie, Illinois and Des Plaines, Illinois.
		National Socialist Party of America leader Frank Collin (seated) announces the groups intention to march through Skokie, Illinois The National Socialist Party of America was an extremist Chicago based neo-Nazi organization founded in 1970 by Frank Collin shortly after he left the National Socialist White Peoples Party.
		The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and fl colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Skokie,-Illinois (4014 words)

	Village of Skokie - Community Development - Comprehensive Plan
		Skokie Swift North Shore Corridor Travel Market Analysis: The Village worked with the City of Evanston and the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) to complete a more detailed market analysis of the ridership potential for the extension to the Skokie Swift to Old Orchard Road and adding another intermediate stop in Evanston.
		Skokie Swift Station Location Feasibility Study: Parsons Brinkerhoff completed The Skokie Swift Station Location Feasibility Study in 2003, which looked at adding a station at Oakton Street and extending the Yellow Line to Old Orchard Road.
		The Village of Skokie Bicycle Facilities Plan was adopted by the Village Board on July 21, 2003.
	www.skokie.org /comm/compplan.html (1115 words)

	Skokie Chamber of Commerce - Skokie at a Glance
		Skokie residents enjoy a quality, upscale housing stock supported by outstanding village services that include sidewalk snow plowing, garbage pick up twice weekly, a comprehensive recycling program and a prudent fiscal policy that has seen no increase in the municipal property tax rate since 1990.
		The Village of Skokie is a home-rule unit governed by a mayor and six-member Board of Trustees who are elected at-large.
		In addition, the Skokie campus is a center of activity for senior adults who participate in the Emeritus Program or who volunteer their time in the literacy program, "Volunteer in Teaching Adults." The Alliance for Lifelong Learning, Oakton's continuing education program, is one of the largest in Illinois.
	www.skokiechamber.org /skokieataglance.htm (5847 words)

	Yellow Line: Skokie Swift (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Thus, the Skokie Swift is also the only CTA line that does not enter the Loop on any occasion, and it is also the only line that uses overhead catenary for a portion of the way.
		Skokie is home to much of Chicago's Jewish community, with a plethora of synagogues, active community centers, and of course, many excellent bagel shops and delis.
		Skokie Shops is Chicago's counterpart to New York's Coney Island Complex, and it is not uncommon to see vintage CTA trains out in the surrounding yards.
	www.nthward.com /ode_to_l/skokie.htm (717 words)

	CTA \| Chicago Transit Authority - CTA Press Releases
		Skokie Mayor George Van Dusen joined CTA officials to highlight the conversion, which is already underway.
		CTA is working with the Village of Skokie and its police and fire departments to educate them on the safety precautions required on a third rail powered system.
		The 23,000 feet of contact rail going in along the Skokie Swift is a new aluminum composite used in Europe but just making its way into the United States transit industry.
	www.transitchicago.com /news/archpress.wu?action=displayarticledetail&articleid=111750 (593 words)

	Skokie Public Library Newspaper Abstracts Index
		Skokie residents Bob and Magda Brown talk about the accident in which they nearly lost their lives in 1988, and how the re-enacted story of their rescue which appeared on national television apparently saved the lives of four St. Louis children.
		Skokie Village Officials are drafting an ordinance that would allow the fire department to order a clean up of hazardous waste if the person responsible for the accident cannot be found.
		A 21-year-old Skokie man was injured February 6 when he attempted to jump in front of a Skokie Swift train as it was crossing the 4600 block of Mulford Street.
	www.skokie.lib.il.us /Abstracts/SPLDescriptorSearch.asp?DescriptorID=35 (1195 words)

	Chicago Tribune news : Communities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Thompson notes Skokie is one of the few communities that offer rapid transit service, more than a dozen bus routes and direct Interstate highway access.
		While a few homes were built in Skokie as early as the 1920s and 1930s, the Depression put large scale residential development on ice until the post-war period.
		More distinctive to Skokie are four-flat buildings in the Oakton Park area, as well as near Oakton Street and Skokie Boulevard, and north of the Skokie Swift terminal near Dempster and Bronx Streets.
	www.chicagotribune.com /classified/realestate/communities/chi-profile-51577.story (696 words)

	Skokie Swift - Definition, explanation
		Skokie Swift is a Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) line running from the Howard Street terminal on the northern city limits of Chicago to Skokie station at Dempster Street in Skokie.
		Howard and Skokie are its only stops, though the possibilities of adding a stop at Oakton Street in downtown Skokie and extending the line to Old Orchard Mall in Skokie have been discussed.
		Skokie Swift is the only CTA line that does not go to Chicago's Loop.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/s/sk/skokie_swift.php (244 words)

	Skokie Gardens Condominiums
		SKOKIE, Illinois-At the corner of Niles Center Road and Skokie Boulevard once stood a building which housed the American Academy of Computer Science.
		The Skokie Gardens is a major part of the revitalization of Skokie and the West Dempster Street Redevelopment District, a current project of the Village of Skokie Community Development Department encompassing the new CTA Skokie Swift station which is only two short blocks away.
		Skokie Gardens offers luxurious suburban living with quick access to the loop and all that the North Shore offers such as shopping (Old Orchard Shopping Center), transportation)I-94 Edens Expressway, Skokie Swift), and recreation – golf courses, restaurants, theatres, etc.
	www.fortunedevelopers.com /sgnews3.htm (326 words)

	Prairie Shore Properties
		Located just 16 miles north of the Loop, Skokie is popular with home buyers who want a quick trip into the city.
		Surveys have indicated that Skokie residents have one of the three lowest tax bills of all the greater Chicago communities.
		The newly renovated CTA Skokie Swift station is handicapped accessible and offers commuters a 32-minute ride into the Loop.
	www.prairieshoreproperties.com /comm_skokie.htm (311 words)

	CSI - Conversion Specialists, Inc. - Kenton Court Condominiums - Skokie, Illinois 60076 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Skokie Boulevard, Kenton Court is a short walk to the
		Skokie Swift commuter rail station and the downtown
		8038 Kenton Avenue is 3 blocks East of Skokie Boulevard (Cicero Avenue) and 1/2 block North of Oakton Street.
	www.csicondos.com /kentoncourt (178 words)

	INTERURBAN TRAIL PHOTOS
		North of Skokie, the North Shore Line paralleled the Chicago and North Western (later Union Pacific) Skokie Valley freight line.
		The North Shore Line bridge in the foreground is presently not used for anything, while the bridge in the background is the Union Pacific's former Chicago and North Western freight line.
		The Skokie station can of course be reached using the CTA Yellow "Skokie Swift" Line.
	members.aol.com /metrafan/trns3.html (671 words)

	Stop and go on the Skokie Swift?
		For nearly 40 years, the Skokie Swift has operated L trains non-stop between Dempster and Howard streets.
		CTA President Frank Kruesi, who is helping ensure that the Swift's north extension to Skokie's Old Orchard is placed on an eligibility list for federal funding, had not seen the just-released study.
		The modern-day Swift opened in 1964, but the passenger line dates back to the mid-1920s and once served several "intermediate" stations, including ones at Oakton and Dodge that are long gone.
	www.chicago-l.org /articles/SwiftStations01.html (497 words)

	The Zolkiewicz Chronicles » CERA Trip (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The event was meant to commemorate the end of overhead catenary power on the Skokie Swift (Yellow Line).
		The Skokie Swift is the only portion of the CTA system which still uses catenary instead of third rail power.
		In addition to operating the trains “under the wire” on the Skokie line, the trains also ran using third rail power using a portion of the North Side Elevated tracks.
	blog.zolkiewicz.com /archives/2004/09/05/cera-trip (665 words)

	Printers Row Skokie - Community Information \| Prudential Real Estate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Skokie was officially named in 1940 as the gateway to the Skokie Valley.
		Skokie is home to Center East for the Performing Arts and Northlight Theater.
		The Skokie Swift CTA train line reaches downtown Chicago in 32 minutes.
	printers-row.prupref.com /community-information.cfm?id=55&popup=yes (401 words)

	Skokie Swift and SOAC car
		The Skokie Swift was originally a demonstration project that utilized the former high speed North Shore tracks from Howard Street to Dempster in Skokie.
		Because these were 70 foot cars they could only run on the Swift and only use the number one track at Howard (the western most).
		The platforms had to be modified to allow them to drop down when the cars were coming in as they were too wide for the regular CTA platforms.
	www.umcycling.com /cta3.htm (516 words)

	Chicago Yellow Line 'L' (Skokie Swift)
		The line was built in 1925 as part of the Skokie Valley route of the Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee, an electric interurban railroad which used the 'L' to reach the Loop.
		The CTA is studying a proposed extension from Dempster northward to Old Orchard Mall, and the addition of a station at Oakton Street near Skokie's main business district.
		Unfortunately, the distinctive old Skokie Swift sign was taken down.
	web.presby.edu /~jtbell/transit/Chicago/CTA/Yellow (989 words)

	gallery1
		They mainly were used on the Skokie Swift until their demise in the 70's.
		All that is left is car 1 located at the General Electric plant in Erie, Pennsylvania.
		Below is a picture of Car 1 during the summer of 2000 still sporting its CTA made pan trolleys used on the Skokie Swift Line.
	www.geocities.com /appletontrolleymuseum/gallery1.html (206 words)

	Mailgate: misc.transport.urban-transit: Re: Miami announced $17B mass transit plan; 90 miles of rail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The changeover from third rail to overhead catenary used to take place at Maverick station, the last one in the subway; the third rail was extended a few years ago to Airport, where the changeover now takes place.
		The Skokie Swift line has only two stations, Howard (connections to the Blue Line 'L') and Dempster; the changeover takes place on the fly midway between the two stations.
		I think that this stems from the Skokie Swift's interurban heritage (I believe the line was once part of the Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee).
	mailgate.supereva.it /misc/misc.transport.urban-transit/msg45888.html (424 words)

	CTA Skokie Swift
		Built as a demonstration project by UMTA, CTA and the Village of Skokie, this line uses a ROW used by an early Chicago Rapid Transit line, as well as part of the Skokie Valley line of the Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee.
		It is interesting in its' use of third rail at the south end of the line, and an on-the-fly changeover to overhead.
		Because of the narrow width of the standard CTA rapid transit equipment, the platforms at the two stations served had to be modified with "flaps" that lowered for the SOAC train.
	www.davesrailpix.com /cta/htm/skokie.htm (244 words)

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