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USA built many beautiful train stations in early 1900's...just before planes
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Date: January 12th, 2018 10:16 AM Author: hideous lodge quadroon Kansas City Union Station, built 1914:
http://kcstudio.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/unionstationgrandlobby.jpg
Cincinnati Union Terminal, built 1933:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/UnionTerminal.jpg/1200px-UnionTerminal.jpg
Los Angeles Union Station, built 1939:
http://hollywoodlocations.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Waiting-Area02.jpg
https://assets3.thrillist.com/v1/image/1326895/size/tl-horizontal_main.jpg
Richmond Main Street Station, built 1901
http://3rxg9qea18zhtl6s2u8jammft.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/richmond2.jpg
All of these were supposed to be palaces of rail transit for the next century, taking millions of passengers to their destinations every year while inspiring civic pride.
Instead, airplanes quickly rendered most of these obsolete within a few decades of their construction. If they're lucky, they have been reused as museums (like the one in Cincinnati). If not, they are slowly crumbling as they serve only a few Amtrak passengers each day. |
Date: January 12th, 2018 10:17 AM Author: hideous lodge quadroon (I specifically left out architectural gems like Grand Central, 30th Street Station, or Chicago Union Station that do still see meaningful use on a day to day basis) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35139122) |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 10:18 AM Author: Brass slippery headpube why werent airports built to be as beautiful (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35139126) |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 10:21 AM Author: hideous lodge quadroon I think part of the problem is that when we began building big airports after WWII, shitty modern architecture had taken over.
Washington Dulles International Airport, for example, was designed by a famous architect with the intent of being an architectural gem. Unfortunately, that ensured it was a hideous eyesore. Also, security regulations often prevent airports from being used in the way the architect suggested.
But yes, most airports don't even bother to pretend that beauty was a consideration in their design. Dulles is ugly but at least made a misguided effort to look good. |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 10:41 PM Author: sick faggotry mad cow disease Dulles is beautiful. You're nuts.
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f0/42/35/f04235ce1a681cfd824fa0ebc63852ef.jpg
I think the problem with airports from the "golden age" is they were too small to handle modern crowds and all the extensions, annexes and new terminals are pure functional rat mazes. |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 10:22 AM Author: Silver shivering menage keepsake machete Post-modern architecture doesn't believe in the utility of aesthetic. It's all about GC's bottom line (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35139153) |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 10:23 AM Author: hideous lodge quadroon demonstrably false, there are many beautiful and ornate post-modern skyscrapers across America (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35139163) |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 9:35 PM Author: Dashing copper azn It is probably the modernist International Style that you have a problem with. Postmodern style, which is basically our current era, is allowed to ahistorically borrow elements of other styles through time - eg it is allowed to use pretty ornaments, or resemble a huge sail, or a series of Chinese boxes. The mishmashed melange of references that goes on inside a Cheesecake Factory, for example, is postmodern in spirit. |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 10:24 AM Author: unhinged theatre liquid oxygen We've torn down a ton
https://architecturefarm.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/pan-am-terminal.jpg
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Date: January 12th, 2018 10:25 AM Author: Duck-like dysfunction locus Because German architecture became prominent, very utilitarian, streamlined look. Bauhaus. They thought everything overly decorative was tacky, and they called it "macaroni". (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35139178) |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 1:36 PM Author: garnet crusty private investor death wish The terminals are stretched out because the tarmac is huge. Imagine making something ornate as the train station halls but fifty times bigger. Its bound to be ugly and utilitarian. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35140727) |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 10:28 PM Author: insecure parlour This is the correct answer (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35144399) |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 10:30 PM Author: 180 fishy ratface deer antler (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35144416) |
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Date: January 25th, 2018 1:18 AM Author: Jet weed whacker prole china actually has this:
http://y7177.com/chuyendoday/train-beijing-shanghai/2.jpg |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 10:19 AM Author: unhinged theatre liquid oxygen Seattle
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Date: January 12th, 2018 10:24 AM Author: Stirring nudist indian lodge factory reset button nice (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35139172) |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 2:37 PM Author: racy lime party of the first part space It's beautiful (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35141292) |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 10:59 AM Author: hideous lodge quadroon (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35139420) |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 11:11 AM Author: Duck-like dysfunction locus Train travel was also at one time glamorous, beautiful and ornate dining cars, bar cars. I would love to see that make a come back.
Train from NYC to Montreal is a long ride but one of the prettiest you could ever see. They have a nice viewing car. |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 1:18 PM Author: Motley burgundy nursing home volcanic crater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_Central_Station
http://historicdetroit.org/image/2/750/0/5/images/img-x19004526-0001.jpg
https://urbnexplorer.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/2014-01-10-michigancentralstation-03.png
https://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/e7c866b662bebf1efe4447b572ca408abb4efcc0/c=170-0-2830-2000&r=x408&c=540x405/local/-/media/2017/08/04/DetroitFreeP/DetroitFreePress/636374673251092170-Michigan-Central-Station-08.JPG |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 1:20 PM Author: Duck-like dysfunction locus Crazy. It makes you think, what happened to society?
People built things like this? What happened to us? |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 1:32 PM Author: Motley burgundy nursing home volcanic crater The City of Detroit, from 1920 to the 1990s, can be viewed as a microcosm of American society.
In no other place did the promise true equality come closer to being realized than Detroit in the 1960s, and what did "they" do? They hit.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_Detroit_riot |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 2:35 PM Author: Duck-like dysfunction locus Jfc the story of Detroit is one of the saddest ever told. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35141278) |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 2:36 PM Author: hideous lodge quadroon The people who used to live in Detroit are still there: they've all just moved to the suburbs, which are very nice and prosperous. Even the middle class black people live in the suburbs. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35141285) |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 2:38 PM Author: Duck-like dysfunction locus Yeah, a buddy of mine went there to interview with GM a few years ago. He looked at Detroit, which basically had one nice street (Where GM HQ is) and the rest looked like a bombed out disaster. He went to a party at an executive's house in Bloomfield or Bloomfield Hills or some shit and said outside the city the suburbs are beautiful and well kept. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35141303) |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 2:43 PM Author: Topaz Forum Sandwich demographics is destiny (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35141349) |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 9:37 PM Author: Dashing copper azn Demographics created by zoning and other state-led incentives. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35144189) |
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Date: January 25th, 2018 1:08 AM Author: multi-colored national security agency (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35232191) |
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Date: January 25th, 2018 1:08 AM Author: multi-colored national security agency Can GM ever leave? Or too politically costly? Must be hard to get high quality people to move there. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35232186) |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 3:05 PM Author: Topaz Forum Sandwich (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35141586) |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 3:23 PM Author: Carnelian locale jewess personally i strongly dislike this tacky goyishe aesthetic, ljl might as well stick a choir singing handel's messiah in there.
sorry, it's the modern world. you can't go back. |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 3:25 PM Author: Topaz Forum Sandwich a choir and full orchestra would be 180, with men in suits and women in beautiful dresses (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35141746) |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 3:33 PM Author: Carnelian locale jewess enjoy!
https://news-images.vice.com/images/articles/meta/2014/05/06/hero-original-1399407078.jpg?crop=1xw:0.8433420365535248xh;0xw,0.1566579634464752xh&resize=700:*&output-format=image/jpeg&output-quality=75 |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 3:34 PM Author: hideous lodge quadroon except that "revivals" of earlier styles has been a thing in architecture forever, and the revival buildings often sneak in a lot of modern features or twists on old ones
postmodern architecture incorporates a lot of old stuff. and what we call "modern architecture" is already outdated and a time that nobody wants to go back to |
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Date: January 13th, 2018 1:52 AM Author: avocado fighting bawdyhouse regret Yes, they really should (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35145692) |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 1:41 PM Author: Cyan blathering garrison hairy legs LOLOLOL...yeah, the reason public places were nicer in 1900 has nothing to do with niggers being better controlled and few spics. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35140776) |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 2:34 PM Author: hideous lodge quadroon the decline in intercity rail in the USA has nothing to do with demographic change and everything to do with planes being more efficient over long distances (such as the distance between Kansas City and literally any other major city) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35141272) |
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Date: January 24th, 2018 3:25 PM Author: Razzle-dazzle khaki temple well, we must also consider what (((they))) did to architecture.
they are ugly, inside and out, and so they hate everything beautiful (cf. what they did to art, music, literature, etc. in the 20c).
behold, the work of america's greatest architect:
http://bassamfellows.com/content/img/BassamFellowsJournal_Exeter_Library_Exterior.jpg
https://www.e-architect.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/louis-kahn-arts-center-fort-wayne-building-indiana-x080416.jpg |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 1:47 PM Author: red fat ankles I was always told the auto industry bought up the rail lines and let it stay dormant. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35140834) |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 2:34 PM Author: hideous lodge quadroon they did this with street cars in a few places. But the reality is that trains are a poor fit for intercity travel in most of the USA because of the long distances. Planes drank their milkshake. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35141264) |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 2:36 PM Author: racy lime party of the first part space Seattle has one, too:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Street_Station#/media/File:Seattle_King_Street_Station_Inside.jpg |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 2:37 PM Author: hideous lodge quadroon I bet there was one in Spokane too (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35141294) |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 2:39 PM Author: mewling provocative location Cincinnati train station is stunning. it can stand up to any german hauptbahnoff
This is my favorite from Germany (Leipzig)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/LE_Hauptbahnhof-4.jpg |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 2:40 PM Author: hideous lodge quadroon what city is that (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35141321) |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 2:41 PM Author: mewling provocative location Leipzig (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35141330) |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 2:42 PM Author: hideous lodge quadroon oh shit, I've probably been in that train station then. didn't stand out to me at the time. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35141343) |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 2:41 PM Author: Duck-like dysfunction locus Munich? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35141322) |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 2:42 PM Author: mewling provocative location leipzig
i think most german train stations were bombed to ashes during WWII. very few survived intact. leipzig was one of the lucky ones |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 2:43 PM Author: Duck-like dysfunction locus I've only been to one in Berlin but it was all new and glass, so that makes sense. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35141351) |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 2:43 PM Author: Duck-like dysfunction locus CinCin really is awesome
https://skift.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/cinci2.jpg |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 2:44 PM Author: hideous lodge quadroon yeah I've been to the Cincinnati one. they have two museums inside that are great. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35141359) |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 2:51 PM Author: hideous lodge quadroon Spokane, WA - this one no longer stands
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/8c/34/78/8c3478725b1f00098708da4c9058a710--romanesque-ol.jpg |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 2:52 PM Author: racy lime party of the first part space Looks similar to Portland's station:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_Union_Station#/media/File:UnionStationPortland.jpg |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 2:55 PM Author: insanely creepy exhilarant school persian Beautiful. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35141477) |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 2:55 PM Author: hideous lodge quadroon does the "Go by train" sign light up at night (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35141481) |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 3:15 PM Author: racy lime party of the first part space Yes, it does:
https://i.pinimg.com/236x/24/22/3d/24223d7b5dddaeccfd83eac4bdc0b648--railroad-history-train-travel.jpg |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 3:17 PM Author: hideous lodge quadroon 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35141686) |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 3:02 PM Author: insanely creepy exhilarant school persian Buffalo's NY Cental station was built in 1929. It's Art Deco and was goregeous in its prime. Unfortunately it hasn't been an active station since 1979, and time, snow, "youths," copper thieves, and legit and illegit scavengers have taken their toll. There's been a movement to restore it for 20 years. It's now used for a few events/year, like a beer event. It's too far away from downtown to be reused for anything meaningful.
Outside: http://buffalocentralterminal.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/2017_Central_Terminal_10mp-129611.jpg
Inside, unfortunately largely stripped of original details: https://assets2.roadtrippers.com/uploads/poi_gallery_image/image/319747058/-quality_60_-interlace_Plane_-resize_1024x480_U__-gravity_center_-extent_1024x480/poi_gallery_image-image-710c06f0-c6fb-4943-99a0-91835aa10d2f.jpg
"Urban explorer" pics: http://desertedplaces.blogspot.com/2017/03/the-abandoned-buffalo-central-terminal.html |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 3:07 PM Author: Topaz Forum Sandwich ugh, so sad :( (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35141603) |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 3:09 PM Author: white mind-boggling resort (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35141629) |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 3:09 PM Author: gaped orange trailer park karate Need more Somalis (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35141627) |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 6:16 PM Author: hideous lodge quadroon (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35142946) |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 6:41 PM Author: Exciting Purple Lay Not the same type of train but the new World Trade Center station looks amazing. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35143132) |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 9:06 PM Author: Pearl partner Great thread! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35144060) |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 9:40 PM Author: Diverse snowy gay wizard Denver's sees use as a transit hub and was recently renovated. It's the center of the booming lodo district, and is filled with restaurants, bars, etc.
http://denverinfill.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/2014-07-13_UnionStation-04.jpg
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Date: January 12th, 2018 9:59 PM Author: hideous lodge quadroon loving these "travel by train" neon signs they have out west (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35144283) |
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Date: January 24th, 2018 3:13 PM Author: opaque senate Can confirm Denver's is lovely. Terminal Bar is cool in its own right, and Union Station acts as an anchor location for lots of other trendy bars and restaurants in the LoDo district.
Also, the new light rail express line to Denver International Airport, which departs from Union Station, adds function to the station and helps bring the area "back to its roots" as a transit and rail hub. |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 9:55 PM Author: Galvanic point https://ggwash.org/view/43474/twenty-five-gorgeous-but-non-famous-us-train-stations (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35144260) |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 10:02 PM Author: hideous lodge quadroon I love the mission-style ones they have out west! I also cried at Buffalo's overgrown, abandoned train station (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35144298) |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 10:35 PM Author: insecure parlour I lolled at the Mexican car on hydraulics in the Albuquerque pic (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35144442) |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 10:22 PM Author: Appetizing piazza electric furnace if i could find the time, i'd like to take a train trip across a large portion of the country. it's crazy expensive though, and it takes for fucking ever.
when anthony bourdain went to Detroit and hung out with that squirrely guy in the Packard Plant, it was a real bummer to watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpF8eZ3bPqE |
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Date: January 12th, 2018 10:29 PM Author: 180 fishy ratface deer antler (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35144409) |
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Date: January 13th, 2018 1:54 AM Author: avocado fighting bawdyhouse regret I've been to 30th street station dozens of times (probably approaching 100) throughout my life. I'm still wowed EVERY DAMN TIME, it's an incredible building (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35145700) |
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Date: January 13th, 2018 8:34 AM Author: hideous lodge quadroon (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35146317) |
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Date: January 24th, 2018 3:01 PM Author: Diverse snowy gay wizard (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35227384) |
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Date: January 24th, 2018 3:17 PM Author: Vivacious spot Original Penn Station was considered superior to grand central at the time: http://mashable.com/2015/07/20/original-penn-station/#EXk_CygqlPqQ
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Date: January 24th, 2018 3:29 PM Author: Duck-like dysfunction locus I still think the demolition of this building was a stab in the heart of New York City. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35227579) |
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Date: January 24th, 2018 3:35 PM Author: Vivacious spot I never even knew about it until I saw some random pbs thing on it. Blew me away. Everytime I'm in penn now (which thankfully is rare) I walk around with such disdain and anger.
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Date: January 24th, 2018 3:24 PM Author: Fragrant green property Poughkeepsie (1918):
https://dailytannenbaum.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/img_1816.jpg
https://cdn.goodgallery.com/027f46b7-6e15-440c-8538-0b1fe74cf127/r/0800/2676g43x/poughkeepsie-train-station-pictures-engagement.jpg |
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Date: January 24th, 2018 11:32 PM Author: hideous lodge quadroon (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35231643) |