Find the Real Birds

Cynthia and I were walking back to the car after a very nice lunch at the Old World Deli, when we spotted this mural in the alley between State Street and Railroad Street.

Why the name Railroad Avenue? 


Railroad Avenue remained a railroad street until 1980 when Burlington Northern who had bought out the B.B.& B.C. in 1911 finally abandoned their operations selling much of their land on RR Ave. to the City. At one time there were three B.B.& B.C tracks on R.R. Ave and a Northern Pacific track running the alley to the east serving its freight and passenger terminal located where the WTA bus station is now.