[18] The newly created CTA closed the original Damen station alongside nine others on the Lake Street Elevated on April 4, 1948, due to their low ridership and in order to speed up service along the line.

[20] Morgan, another Lake Street station closed in 1948, had been floated for revival since the 1990s and was discussed in the study, opening in 2012 and filling a 1.3-mile (2.1 km) gap between Ashland and Clinton.

[24] At the time of the announcement, design and engineering was planned to commence in 2017, construction of the new station was expected to begin in spring 2019 and be completed in 2020.

[22] It will become the closest "L" station to the United Center, with public transportation service to an emerging business corridor and residential neighborhood.

[29] On April 25, 2018, the city began the Lake Street reconstruction project, which includes Damen station.

The station opened on Monday, August 5, 2024, in preparation for the 2024 Democratic National Convention in the United Center.

[33] The station houses were heated by potbelly stoves, and while earlier plans had called for their ticket agent's booths to be placed on the sides of the station houses facing the street, they ended up being placed in alcoves adjacent to the platforms.

[33] The construction of the Lake Street Elevated's stations was contracted to Frank L. Underwood of Kansas City and Willard R. Green of New York,[34] who subcontracted to the Lloyd and Pennington Company.

A glass-covered pedestrian bridge enables foot traffic between the inbound and outbound platforms, and provide a view of the city's skyline.