Where is this?

[XNASA]

[Aristus]

1. Lisbon?

:shrug:

[ohiosmith]

2. Paris

[Aristus]

3. That was my first thought, too. But I figured in Paris, the sign would read: "Metro."

Or more probably "Metropolitaine".

[InternalDialogue]

6. Voila!

Same typeface

(found on a Google image search for "Paris metro")




Edited: and the link -- http://www.prolearn-project.org/news/view?id=960

[AllegroRondo]

7. would a Metra be a female Metro?

[bicentennial_baby]

4. It reminds me of the Abbesses Metro station in Paris, but

It would say Metro, not Metra :shrug:

[texas1928]

5. MetroParis

What the picture is labeled as.


:P

[XNASA]

8. Which label?

The label in my photobucket account?

Now, you don't think I'd do something as underhanded as changing the filename to mislead someone? Do you? ;)

[bicentennial_baby]

9. But if it's Paris, it should look like this:

[Zuiderelle]

10. Chicago?

:shrug:

[InternalDialogue]

11. It is Chicago

http://whatisee.org/mt/archives/entries/000220.html

An homage to Paris, apparently.

[datasuspect]

12. by the congress hotel?

or across from the old artists cafe

entry to rock island line/south shore line?

[XNASA]

13. It's about 6 blocks away from my office.

It's a Hector Guimard reproduction of a Paris Metro station. It was given to the city of Chicago by the city of Paris as a gift.

[terrya]

16. Man, am I unobservant.

I've lived in this city for 13 years and I've never noticed that.

Cool present. The French can be so generous sometimes.

[bif]

14. Where is it in Chicago?

I'd like to check it out the next time I'm there.

[XNASA]

15. Michigan & Van Buren

It leads to the Metra Electric/South Shore Line Station.