Out of the Loop | Tower 18

The Northwest junction of the L's loop, the busiest level junction on the L and one of the busiest in the world, is called Tower 18.

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Meh. Even my friend from San Francisco knows that. Ah, that's sort of interesting. No way! That's awesome. Holy wow! That's mind-blowing!

Why? For administrative reasons, each tower in the loop were assigned numbers, going clockwise starting at Van Buren and 5th. Allegedly no one knows for sure, though, why they started counting at 8.

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