Re: (rshsdepot) Nashville Union Station

[Ezine Writer <ezinewriter_@_gmail.com>]

That's what I thought. I'd pass by there and, ( knowing it
was all going to be torn down ), always thought it was such
a waste.
  There was talk about creating a mall-like space there, but
haven't heard any more on the subject. ( It might be that something
was done. I haven't been passed that side of the station in a quite
awhile.

Bradley


On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 20:05:37 -0500, Paul Luchter
<luckyshow_@_mindspring.com> wrote:
> Isn't there any sort of re-use of platforms and sheds and canopies...it seems weird that they would restore the station and give
> nary a whiff of a thought about the sheds out back...Couldn't something like that be converted to an open air market? Kiosks on the
> platforms, and even in the former roadbeds...
> too late now
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gordy Bjoraker" <gbjoraker_@_lepssp.gsfc.nasa.gov>
> To: "RSHS Depot" <rshsdepot_@_lists.railfan.net>
> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 6:25 PM
> Subject: (rshsdepot) Nashville Union Station
> 
> : Nashville Union Station is a Wyndham Hotel
> : see http://www.wyndham.com/hotels/BNAUS/main.wnt
> : According to this web site, the station was built in 1900 and restored in 1998.
> : I rode Amtrak's Floridian through here in 1979 shortly before
> : Nashville lost all service. The train shed was demolished in 2001.
> :
> : Gordy Bjoraker
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> : Gordon Bjoraker
> : NASA/GSFC
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> : permanent e-mail address as of April 2004
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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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