Union Station
Title | Union Station PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management |
Publisher | |
Pages | 184 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN |
Union Station--National Visitor Center
Title | Union Station--National Visitor Center PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works |
Publisher | |
Pages | 220 |
Release | 1981 |
Genre | Railroad stations |
ISBN |
The Congressional Vision for a 21st Century Union Station
Title | The Congressional Vision for a 21st Century Union Station PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management |
Publisher | |
Pages | 132 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN |
Union Station in Washington, DC
Title | Union Station in Washington, DC PDF eBook |
Author | Rachel Cooper |
Publisher | Imaginary Lines, Inc. |
Pages | 132 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780738587530 |
The history of Union Station is a fascinating story. In 1907, Washington's train station was built as part of the McMillan Plan to create a monumental gateway to the nation's capital. Its construction made space for and shaped the development of the National Mall. The building is considered to be one of the finest examples of the Beaux-Arts style of architecture, and today it is the most frequented destination in Washington, with more than 32 million visitors each year. Over the past century, Union Station has evolved into a transportation hub, an upscale shopping mall, and a venue for international exhibits and cultural events. Images of Rail: Union Station in Washington, DC, presents the finest images from a variety of sources to document how the construction of Union Station transformed the nation's capital and expanded rail service along the East Coast.
Chicago Union Station
Title | Chicago Union Station PDF eBook |
Author | Fred Ash |
Publisher | Indiana University Press |
Pages | 328 |
Release | 2018-03-23 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0253029155 |
A history of the Midwestern transportation hub and its impact on the city and the region, plus stunning photographs of the station’s architecture. More than a century before airlines placed it at the center of their systems, Chicago was already the nation’s transportation hub—from Union Station, passengers could reach major cities on the Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf coasts as well as countless points in between. Chicago’s history is tightly linked to its railroads. Railroad historian Fred Ash begins in the mid-1800s, when Chicago dominated Midwest trade and was referred to as the “Railroad Capital of the World.” During this period, swings in the political climate significantly modified the relationship between the local government and its largest landholders, the railroads. From here, Ash highlights competition at the turn of the twentieth century between railroad companies that greatly influenced Chicago’s urban landscape. Profiling the fascinating stories of businessmen, politicians, workers, and immigrants whose everyday lives were affected by the bustling transportation hub, Ash documents the impact Union Station had on the growing city and the entire Midwest. Featuring more than one hundred photographs of the famous beaux art architecture, Chicago Union Station is a beautifully illustrated tribute to one of America’s overlooked treasures. “The book includes more than 100 illustrations, a quarter of which are in color—but the real value is in author Ash’s narrative; he’s devoted decades to the study of terminals in the Railroad Capital, and it shows in this marvelous work.” —Classic Trains “The station’s history is thoughtfully revealed alongside concurrent economic and political events unfolding in Chicago at given points in time, thus providing the reader with a deeper understanding of why certain station milestones occurred when they did and the way they did.” —The Michigan Railfan
Future of Union Station
Title | Future of Union Station PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation |
Publisher | |
Pages | 44 |
Release | 1981 |
Genre | Union Station (Washington, D.C.) |
ISBN |
Los Angeles Union Station
Title | Los Angeles Union Station PDF eBook |
Author | Marlyn Musicant |
Publisher | Getty Publications |
Pages | 130 |
Release | 2014-05-02 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 1606063243 |
Union Station today is a celebrated architectural icon and vibrant centerpiece of Los Angeles’s regional transportation network. Designed by John and Donald B. Parkinson, its mission revival architecture speaks to a mythic vision of Spanish heritage, but with streamline moderne and art deco details. At first glance this masterpiece, conceived as a magnificent gateway to the growing metropolis, offers no hint of the civic, financial, and legal battles surrounding its development, siting, style, and construction—battles that were waged across decades in the early twentieth century and that went as high as the U.S. Supreme Court. Los Angeles Union Station explores this compelling example of how transit and corporations disrupted regional balances of power and political economies. Aided by new research and beautiful drawings from the Getty Research Institute’s archive, the authors demonstrate how contentious politics informed architectural design—and the many ways in which Union Station was at the heart of the rise of Los Angeles. The book accompanies the exhibition No Further West, on view at the Los Angeles Public Library from May 2 through August 10, 2014.