Re: (rshsdepot) New Orleans, LA

["Gene Paoli" <stationman_@_prodigy.net>]

I was under the impression that the IC station was replaced by the "current
station", which according to the picture provided, did not resemble
Sullivan's & Wright's station. Maybe I did not get the post I responded to
correctly? Untill that post, I was under the understanding the station was
still extant. I'll check into it asap.
Gene Paoli
- ----- Original Message -----
From: Seth Bramson <sbramson_@_bellsouth.net>
To: <rshsdepot_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 7:55 PM
Subject: Re: (rshsdepot) New Orleans, LA


> Gene Paoli wrote:
>
> >I wonder if the the folks down there know they destroyed the former
Illinois
> >Central station designed and built by Frank Lloyd Wright and Louis
Sullivan
> >in 1892?
> >
>  >>>Gene:
> Pls elaborate.  I have all of the negs of the great James G. LaVake, who
> was an EAL pilot and a big time rail buff and photog (the Richard
> Steinheimer or Donald Duke of the east) and who shot the L & N station
> in N. O. and, I think the S. P. as well as the NOUPT in various stages
> of construction.  Where, exactly, was the IC station?  I did not realize
> it was still extant, or did I misunderstand your post?  Again, pls fill
> us in.
>
> >
>
>
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> The Railroad Station Historical Society maintains a database of existing
> railroad structures at: http://www.rrshs.org
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The Railroad Station Historical Society maintains a database of existing
railroad structures at: http://www.rrshs.org

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