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Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Portland Bless Our Still-Standing Train Station.

Posted by Sarah Mirk on Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 4:40 PM

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.

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Union Station in Portland: Then and now.
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I'll take trees/vacant lot every time over a train station.
Posted by NIG GER on December 1, 2009 at 6:58 PM · Report
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Good excuse to trot out my old found-photograph of Union Station from the 40's:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/montag2k/3137…
Posted by montag2k on December 2, 2009 at 1:45 PM · Report

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