Re: (rshsdepot) Illinois Central Station, Chicago

["Paul Luchter" <luckyshow_@_mindspring.com>]

man, I must have been rummaging about in there just months before it was
gone...Chicago cares little for their history and landmarks huh? They tore
down this one, B&O's Grand Central, half of Union Station, the front end of
Northwestern, all of Rock Island's station, and I guess the sheds at Polk
Street

geez, and I see no excuse for the C&NW and Rock Island ones, since by the
last decade they should have known better
Paul
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Gordy Bjoraker" <Gordon.L.Bjoraker_@_nasa.gov>
To: "RSHS Depot" <rshsdepot_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 1:25 PM
Subject: (rshsdepot) Illinois Central Station, Chicago


>
> >Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 01:32:07 -0400
> >From: "Paul Luchter" <luckyshow_@_mindspring.com>
> >Subject: (rshsdepot) Illinois Central Station, Chicago
> >
> >I don't remember seeing any rotunda when I was there:
> > http://www.railroadextra.com/arstat18.Html
>
> Neat photos. IC put in a false ceiling in Central Station, probably
> after World War 2. My friend Verne Brummel and I took some interior
> photos when they were tearing down the station in 1974. You could see
> the original wooden barrel-vaulted ceiling in places where the false
> ceiling had collapsed.
>
> Gordy
>
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