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'Abandoned: Buffalo Central Station'

I'm glad to see the last poster wrote that it is being restored. That would make a GREAT R/R museum , shopping mall, eatery, school, etc, etc.

Don
 
Many of the old RR terminals were works of art. Many years ago Cincinnati's Union Terminal was facing a similar fate but it was restored and saved. Hopefully this one will be as well.
 
CWOJackson said:
Many of the old RR terminals were works of art. Many years ago Cincinnati's Union Terminal was facing a similar fate but it was restored and saved. Hopefully this one will be as well.
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Same thing on this side of the Atlantic. London has several major termini, which had been allowed over time to decay; in the last 10-15 years people have begun to wake up to the history of these sites & have started to restore and sensitively redevelop them - the mistakes made with Euston station in the 1960s have been learned (the original 1837 building was totally demolished and replaced with a total monstrosity.

The jewel in our crown now is St Pancras, both the station & the Midland Grand Hotel which was derelict for years have been revamped & are totally gorgeous.

http://www.marriott.co.uk/hotels/travel/lonpr-st-pancras

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Pancras_railway_station

These places are our heritage, and should be preserved. I hope Buffalo gets the treatment it needs, and this work of art will continue to serve generations to come.
 
AndyG43 said:
Same thing on this side of the Atlantic. London has several major termini, which had been allowed over time to decay; in the last 10-15 years people have begun to wake up to the history of these sites & have started to restore and sensitively redevelop them - the mistakes made with Euston station in the 1960s have been learned (the original 1837 building was totally demolished and replaced with a total monstrosity.

The jewel in our crown now is St Pancras, both the station & the Midland Grand Hotel which was derelict for years have been revamped & are totally gorgeous.

http://www.marriott.co.uk/hotels/travel/lonpr-st-pancras

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Pancras_railway_station

These places are our heritage, and should be preserved. I hope Buffalo gets the treatment it needs, and this work of art will continue to serve generations to come.
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Those are beautiful. I love the combination of modern trains with that architecture but I'm also a major fan of the old, grand hotels.

Here's a link to Union Terminal: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati_Museum_Center_at_Union_Terminal

I'm particularly fond of it's Art Deco style.
 
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