Infrastructurist has a list up of cities that stupidly demolished their beautiful train stations. Looking through the images of turn-of-the-century train stations leveled to make way for parking lots, vacant lots and freeways across the country makes me take a moment to whisper a silent prayer that Portland’s own historic Union Station won’t ever become condo fodder.
Union Station in Savannah, GA: Then and now.
Union Station in Portland: Then and now.
I’ll take trees/vacant lot every time over a train station.
Good excuse to trot out my old found-photograph of Union Station from the 40’s:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/montag2k/3137…