By Blair Kamin, Chicago Tribune; February 25, 2019
It’s easy to understand why Metra commuters who endure the dismal conditions of Chicago’s Union Station are frustrated and furious.
The station’s soaring Great Hall, which glows after a $22 million rehab, is hosting the Professional Squash Association’s world championships this weekend. A glass-walled squash court temporarily occupies the north side of the ornate hall, normally a lightly used Amtrak waiting room. To beleaguered commuters, the event must seem like Amtrak, the station’s owner, is fiddling with Roman-inspired architecture while they do a slow burn.
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