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A long ride on the Pink Line

If your out-of-town guests aren’t the type to be impressed by the Signature Room or the Bean, take them to do something you’ve probably never done yourself: ride the Pink Line from the Loop to the end of the line. Just past Ashland your train will veer off Lake Street and head into terra incognita—the link between the Blue and Green lines that probably wasn’t open yet the last time your guests were in town. Your train rumbles past the United Center, where it’s absurd there isn’t a station already, crosses the Blue Line at Rush University Medical Center, and heads into Chicago’s most colorful Mexican neighborhood. The Pink Line track has all been rebuilt, so you’re traveling fast, and as the rehabbed stations of Pilsen boast dazzling murals by top local artists, you might want to get off and have a slower look. By the end of the line you’re rattling along at ground level, and when you get off at 54th and Cermak you’re in Prague. Well, Berwyn. transitchicago.com. —Michael Miner

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