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USA built many beautiful train stations in early 1900's...just before planes

Kansas City Union Station, built 1914: http://kcstudio.or...
Diverse Juggernaut Idiot
  01/12/18
(I specifically left out architectural gems like Grand Centr...
Diverse Juggernaut Idiot
  01/12/18
why werent airports built to be as beautiful
soul-stirring confused bawdyhouse
  01/12/18
I think part of the problem is that when we began building b...
Diverse Juggernaut Idiot
  01/12/18
Dulles is beautiful. You're nuts. https://i.pinimg.com/o...
vivacious spot
  01/12/18
Post-modern architecture doesn't believe in the utility of a...
mildly autistic geriatric stead mexican
  01/12/18
demonstrably false, there are many beautiful and ornate post...
Diverse Juggernaut Idiot
  01/12/18
It is probably the modernist International Style that you ha...
ungodly police squad private investor
  01/12/18
We've torn down a ton https://architecturefarm.files.word...
painfully honest piazza
  01/12/18
Because German architecture became prominent, very utilitari...
up-to-no-good party of the first part location
  01/12/18
The terminals are stretched out because the tarmac is huge. ...
Wine Filthy Candlestick Maker
  01/12/18
This is the correct answer
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  01/12/18
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Amethyst misunderstood dopamine lay
  01/12/18
china actually has this: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wik...
Olive Histrionic Wagecucks Theater Stage
  01/25/18
Seattle https://seattletransitblog.com/wp-content/upload...
painfully honest piazza
  01/12/18
nice
Arrogant plaza
  01/12/18
It's beautiful
hairraiser house giraffe
  01/12/18
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Diverse Juggernaut Idiot
  01/12/18
Train travel was also at one time glamorous, beautiful and o...
up-to-no-good party of the first part location
  01/12/18
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_Central_Station ht...
Cerebral Voyeur
  01/12/18
Crazy. It makes you think, what happened to society? P...
up-to-no-good party of the first part location
  01/12/18
The City of Detroit, from 1920 to the 1990s, can be viewed a...
Cerebral Voyeur
  01/12/18
Jfc the story of Detroit is one of the saddest ever told.
up-to-no-good party of the first part location
  01/12/18
The people who used to live in Detroit are still there: they...
Diverse Juggernaut Idiot
  01/12/18
Yeah, a buddy of mine went there to interview with GM a few ...
up-to-no-good party of the first part location
  01/12/18
demographics is destiny
honey-headed multi-billionaire kitchen
  01/12/18
Demographics created by zoning and other state-led incentive...
ungodly police squad private investor
  01/12/18
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Slimy Stain
  01/25/18
Can GM ever leave? Or too politically costly? Must be hard t...
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  01/25/18
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honey-headed multi-billionaire kitchen
  01/12/18
personally i strongly dislike this tacky goyishe aesthetic, ...
Puce Rebellious Theater
  01/12/18
a choir and full orchestra would be 180, with men in suits a...
honey-headed multi-billionaire kitchen
  01/12/18
enjoy! https://i.pinimg.com/736x/3b/e6/62/3be6622d33e6b93...
Puce Rebellious Theater
  01/12/18
except that "revivals" of earlier styles has been ...
Diverse Juggernaut Idiot
  01/12/18
Yes, they really should
coral crackhouse
  01/13/18
LOLOLOL...yeah, the reason public places were nicer in 1900 ...
Turquoise glittery messiness
  01/12/18
the decline in intercity rail in the USA has nothing to do w...
Diverse Juggernaut Idiot
  01/12/18
well, we must also consider what (((they))) did to architect...
fragrant brass useless brakes pozpig
  01/24/18
I was always told the auto industry bought up the rail lines...
carnelian native
  01/12/18
they did this with street cars in a few places. But the real...
Diverse Juggernaut Idiot
  01/12/18
Seattle has one, too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_...
hairraiser house giraffe
  01/12/18
I bet there was one in Spokane too
Diverse Juggernaut Idiot
  01/12/18
Cincinnati train station is stunning. it can stand up to any...
Buck-toothed psychic dysfunction
  01/12/18
what city is that
Diverse Juggernaut Idiot
  01/12/18
Leipzig
Buck-toothed psychic dysfunction
  01/12/18
oh shit, I've probably been in that train station then. didn...
Diverse Juggernaut Idiot
  01/12/18
Munich?
up-to-no-good party of the first part location
  01/12/18
leipzig i think most german train stations were bombed to...
Buck-toothed psychic dysfunction
  01/12/18
I've only been to one in Berlin but it was all new and glass...
up-to-no-good party of the first part location
  01/12/18
CinCin really is awesome https://skift.com/wp-content/upl...
up-to-no-good party of the first part location
  01/12/18
yeah I've been to the Cincinnati one. they have two museums ...
Diverse Juggernaut Idiot
  01/12/18
Spokane, WA - this one no longer stands https://i.pinimg....
Diverse Juggernaut Idiot
  01/12/18
Looks similar to Portland's station: https://en.wikipedia...
hairraiser house giraffe
  01/12/18
Beautiful.
hot faggotry athletic conference
  01/12/18
does the "Go by train" sign light up at night
Diverse Juggernaut Idiot
  01/12/18
Yes, it does: https://i.pinimg.com/236x/24/22/3d/24223d7b...
hairraiser house giraffe
  01/12/18
180
Diverse Juggernaut Idiot
  01/12/18
Buffalo's NY Cental station was built in 1929. It's Art Dec...
hot faggotry athletic conference
  01/12/18
ugh, so sad :(
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Need more Somalis
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Diverse Juggernaut Idiot
  01/12/18
Not the same type of train but the new World Trade Center st...
Dun pungent box office
  01/12/18
Great thread!
Mustard base pisswyrm
  01/12/18
Denver's sees use as a transit hub and was recently renovate...
irradiated preventive strike
  01/12/18
loving these "travel by train" neon signs they hav...
Diverse Juggernaut Idiot
  01/12/18
Can confirm Denver's is lovely. Terminal Bar is cool in its...
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  01/24/18
https://ggwash.org/view/43474/twenty-five-gorgeous-but-non-f...
Flesh beady-eyed whorehouse
  01/12/18
I love the mission-style ones they have out west! I also cri...
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  01/12/18
I lolled at the Mexican car on hydraulics in the Albuquerque...
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  01/12/18
if i could find the time, i'd like to take a train trip acro...
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Amethyst misunderstood dopamine lay
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I've been to 30th street station dozens of times (probably a...
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irradiated preventive strike
  01/24/18
Original Penn Station was considered superior to grand centr...
Racy Black Woman
  01/24/18
I still think the demolition of this building was a stab in ...
up-to-no-good party of the first part location
  01/24/18
I never even knew about it until I saw some random pbs thing...
Racy Black Woman
  01/24/18
Poughkeepsie (1918): https://dailytannenbaum.files.wordpr...
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Date: January 12th, 2018 10:16 AM
Author: Diverse Juggernaut Idiot

Kansas City Union Station, built 1914:

http://kcstudio.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/unionstationgrandlobby.jpg

Cincinnati Union Terminal, built 1933:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/UnionTerminal.jpg/1200px-UnionTerminal.jpg

Los Angeles Union Station, built 1939:

http://hollywoodlocations.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Waiting-Area02.jpg

https://assets3.thrillist.com/v1/image/1326895/size/tl-horizontal_main.jpg

Richmond Main Street Station, built 1901

http://3rxg9qea18zhtl6s2u8jammft.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/richmond2.jpg

All of these were supposed to be palaces of rail transit for the next century, taking millions of passengers to their destinations every year while inspiring civic pride.

Instead, airplanes quickly rendered most of these obsolete within a few decades of their construction. If they're lucky, they have been reused as museums (like the one in Cincinnati). If not, they are slowly crumbling as they serve only a few Amtrak passengers each day.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35139121)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 10:17 AM
Author: Diverse Juggernaut Idiot

(I specifically left out architectural gems like Grand Central, 30th Street Station, or Chicago Union Station that do still see meaningful use on a day to day basis)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35139122)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 10:18 AM
Author: soul-stirring confused bawdyhouse

why werent airports built to be as beautiful

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35139126)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 10:21 AM
Author: Diverse Juggernaut Idiot

I think part of the problem is that when we began building big airports after WWII, shitty modern architecture had taken over.

Washington Dulles International Airport, for example, was designed by a famous architect with the intent of being an architectural gem. Unfortunately, that ensured it was a hideous eyesore. Also, security regulations often prevent airports from being used in the way the architect suggested.

But yes, most airports don't even bother to pretend that beauty was a consideration in their design. Dulles is ugly but at least made a misguided effort to look good.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35139151)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 10:41 PM
Author: vivacious spot

Dulles is beautiful. You're nuts.

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f0/42/35/f04235ce1a681cfd824fa0ebc63852ef.jpg

I think the problem with airports from the "golden age" is they were too small to handle modern crowds and all the extensions, annexes and new terminals are pure functional rat mazes.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35144485)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 10:22 AM
Author: mildly autistic geriatric stead mexican

Post-modern architecture doesn't believe in the utility of aesthetic. It's all about GC's bottom line

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35139153)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 10:23 AM
Author: Diverse Juggernaut Idiot

demonstrably false, there are many beautiful and ornate post-modern skyscrapers across America

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35139163)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 9:35 PM
Author: ungodly police squad private investor

It is probably the modernist International Style that you have a problem with. Postmodern style, which is basically our current era, is allowed to ahistorically borrow elements of other styles through time - eg it is allowed to use pretty ornaments, or resemble a huge sail, or a series of Chinese boxes.

The mishmashed melange of references that goes on inside a Cheesecake Factory, for example, is postmodern in spirit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35144187)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 10:24 AM
Author: painfully honest piazza

We've torn down a ton

https://architecturefarm.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/pan-am-terminal.jpg



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35139170)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 10:25 AM
Author: up-to-no-good party of the first part location

Because German architecture became prominent, very utilitarian, streamlined look. Bauhaus. They thought everything overly decorative was tacky, and they called it "macaroni".

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35139178)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 1:36 PM
Author: Wine Filthy Candlestick Maker

The terminals are stretched out because the tarmac is huge. Imagine making something ornate as the train station halls but fifty times bigger. Its bound to be ugly and utilitarian.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35140727)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 10:28 PM
Author: shivering green bbw

This is the correct answer

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35144399)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 10:30 PM
Author: Amethyst misunderstood dopamine lay



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35144416)



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Date: January 25th, 2018 1:18 AM
Author: Olive Histrionic Wagecucks Theater Stage

china actually has this:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/2010-07-22_Shanghai_Hongqiao_Railway_Station_waiting_hall.jpg

http://y7177.com/chuyendoday/train-beijing-shanghai/2.jpg

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35232238)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 10:19 AM
Author: painfully honest piazza

Seattle

https://seattletransitblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/905314_595458710465508_1705953719_o-500x331.jpg

https://www.detail-online.com/fileadmin/_migrated/pics/king-street-station-seattle-3-skyline-tracks.jpg



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35139137)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 10:24 AM
Author: Arrogant plaza

nice

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35139172)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 2:37 PM
Author: hairraiser house giraffe

It's beautiful

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35141292)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 10:59 AM
Author: Diverse Juggernaut Idiot



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35139420)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 11:11 AM
Author: up-to-no-good party of the first part location

Train travel was also at one time glamorous, beautiful and ornate dining cars, bar cars. I would love to see that make a come back.

Train from NYC to Montreal is a long ride but one of the prettiest you could ever see. They have a nice viewing car.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35139525)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 1:18 PM
Author: Cerebral Voyeur

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_Central_Station

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/A445%2C_Michigan_Central_Station%2C_Detroit%2C_Michigan%2C_United_States%2C_2016.jpg

http://historicdetroit.org/image/2/750/0/5/images/img-x19004526-0001.jpg

https://urbnexplorer.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/2014-01-10-michigancentralstation-03.png

https://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/motorcitydisneyxd/images/5/56/Michigan_Central_Station.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20121021065130

https://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/e7c866b662bebf1efe4447b572ca408abb4efcc0/c=170-0-2830-2000&r=x408&c=540x405/local/-/media/2017/08/04/DetroitFreeP/DetroitFreePress/636374673251092170-Michigan-Central-Station-08.JPG

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35140562)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 1:20 PM
Author: up-to-no-good party of the first part location

Crazy. It makes you think, what happened to society?

People built things like this? What happened to us?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35140576)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 1:32 PM
Author: Cerebral Voyeur

The City of Detroit, from 1920 to the 1990s, can be viewed as a microcosm of American society.

In no other place did the promise true equality come closer to being realized than Detroit in the 1960s, and what did "they" do? They hit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_Detroit_riot

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35140692)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 2:35 PM
Author: up-to-no-good party of the first part location

Jfc the story of Detroit is one of the saddest ever told.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35141278)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 2:36 PM
Author: Diverse Juggernaut Idiot

The people who used to live in Detroit are still there: they've all just moved to the suburbs, which are very nice and prosperous. Even the middle class black people live in the suburbs.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35141285)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 2:38 PM
Author: up-to-no-good party of the first part location

Yeah, a buddy of mine went there to interview with GM a few years ago. He looked at Detroit, which basically had one nice street (Where GM HQ is) and the rest looked like a bombed out disaster. He went to a party at an executive's house in Bloomfield or Bloomfield Hills or some shit and said outside the city the suburbs are beautiful and well kept.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35141303)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 2:43 PM
Author: honey-headed multi-billionaire kitchen

demographics is destiny

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35141349)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 9:37 PM
Author: ungodly police squad private investor

Demographics created by zoning and other state-led incentives.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35144189)



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Date: January 25th, 2018 1:08 AM
Author: Slimy Stain



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35232191)



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Date: January 25th, 2018 1:08 AM
Author: Slimy Stain

Can GM ever leave? Or too politically costly? Must be hard to get high quality people to move there.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35232186)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 3:05 PM
Author: honey-headed multi-billionaire kitchen



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35141586)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 3:23 PM
Author: Puce Rebellious Theater

personally i strongly dislike this tacky goyishe aesthetic, ljl might as well stick a choir singing handel's messiah in there.

sorry, it's the modern world. you can't go back.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35141734)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 3:25 PM
Author: honey-headed multi-billionaire kitchen

a choir and full orchestra would be 180, with men in suits and women in beautiful dresses

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35141746)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 3:33 PM
Author: Puce Rebellious Theater

enjoy!

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/3b/e6/62/3be6622d33e6b933069934b2891e726f--busker-williamsburg-brooklyn.jpg

https://news-images.vice.com/images/articles/meta/2014/05/06/hero-original-1399407078.jpg?crop=1xw:0.8433420365535248xh;0xw,0.1566579634464752xh&resize=700:*&output-format=image/jpeg&output-quality=75

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35141790)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 3:34 PM
Author: Diverse Juggernaut Idiot

except that "revivals" of earlier styles has been a thing in architecture forever, and the revival buildings often sneak in a lot of modern features or twists on old ones

postmodern architecture incorporates a lot of old stuff. and what we call "modern architecture" is already outdated and a time that nobody wants to go back to

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35141798)



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Date: January 13th, 2018 1:52 AM
Author: coral crackhouse

Yes, they really should

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35145692)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 1:41 PM
Author: Turquoise glittery messiness

LOLOLOL...yeah, the reason public places were nicer in 1900 has nothing to do with niggers being better controlled and few spics.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35140776)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 2:34 PM
Author: Diverse Juggernaut Idiot

the decline in intercity rail in the USA has nothing to do with demographic change and everything to do with planes being more efficient over long distances (such as the distance between Kansas City and literally any other major city)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35141272)



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Date: January 24th, 2018 3:25 PM
Author: fragrant brass useless brakes pozpig

well, we must also consider what (((they))) did to architecture.

they are ugly, inside and out, and so they hate everything beautiful (cf. what they did to art, music, literature, etc. in the 20c).

behold, the work of america's greatest architect:

http://bassamfellows.com/content/img/BassamFellowsJournal_Exeter_Library_Exterior.jpg

http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/portal/communities/pa-heritage/images/richards_medical_research_laboratories_1.jpg

https://www.e-architect.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/louis-kahn-arts-center-fort-wayne-building-indiana-x080416.jpg

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35227553)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 1:47 PM
Author: carnelian native

I was always told the auto industry bought up the rail lines and let it stay dormant.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35140834)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 2:34 PM
Author: Diverse Juggernaut Idiot

they did this with street cars in a few places. But the reality is that trains are a poor fit for intercity travel in most of the USA because of the long distances. Planes drank their milkshake.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35141264)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 2:36 PM
Author: hairraiser house giraffe

Seattle has one, too:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Street_Station#/media/File:Seattle_King_Street_Station_Inside.jpg

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35141289)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 2:37 PM
Author: Diverse Juggernaut Idiot

I bet there was one in Spokane too

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35141294)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 2:39 PM
Author: Buck-toothed psychic dysfunction

Cincinnati train station is stunning. it can stand up to any german hauptbahnoff

This is my favorite from Germany (Leipzig)

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/LE_Hauptbahnhof-4.jpg

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35141310)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 2:40 PM
Author: Diverse Juggernaut Idiot

what city is that

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35141321)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 2:41 PM
Author: Buck-toothed psychic dysfunction

Leipzig

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35141330)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 2:42 PM
Author: Diverse Juggernaut Idiot

oh shit, I've probably been in that train station then. didn't stand out to me at the time.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35141343)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 2:41 PM
Author: up-to-no-good party of the first part location

Munich?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35141322)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 2:42 PM
Author: Buck-toothed psychic dysfunction

leipzig

i think most german train stations were bombed to ashes during WWII. very few survived intact. leipzig was one of the lucky ones

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35141342)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 2:43 PM
Author: up-to-no-good party of the first part location

I've only been to one in Berlin but it was all new and glass, so that makes sense.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35141351)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 2:43 PM
Author: up-to-no-good party of the first part location

CinCin really is awesome

https://skift.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/cinci2.jpg

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35141356)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 2:44 PM
Author: Diverse Juggernaut Idiot

yeah I've been to the Cincinnati one. they have two museums inside that are great.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35141359)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 2:51 PM
Author: Diverse Juggernaut Idiot

Spokane, WA - this one no longer stands

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/8c/34/78/8c3478725b1f00098708da4c9058a710--romanesque-ol.jpg

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35141435)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 2:52 PM
Author: hairraiser house giraffe

Looks similar to Portland's station:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_Union_Station#/media/File:UnionStationPortland.jpg

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35141447)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 2:55 PM
Author: hot faggotry athletic conference

Beautiful.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35141477)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 2:55 PM
Author: Diverse Juggernaut Idiot

does the "Go by train" sign light up at night

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35141481)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 3:15 PM
Author: hairraiser house giraffe

Yes, it does:

https://i.pinimg.com/236x/24/22/3d/24223d7b5dddaeccfd83eac4bdc0b648--railroad-history-train-travel.jpg

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35141672)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 3:17 PM
Author: Diverse Juggernaut Idiot

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35141686)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 3:02 PM
Author: hot faggotry athletic conference

Buffalo's NY Cental station was built in 1929. It's Art Deco and was goregeous in its prime. Unfortunately it hasn't been an active station since 1979, and time, snow, "youths," copper thieves, and legit and illegit scavengers have taken their toll. There's been a movement to restore it for 20 years. It's now used for a few events/year, like a beer event. It's too far away from downtown to be reused for anything meaningful.

Outside: http://buffalocentralterminal.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/2017_Central_Terminal_10mp-129611.jpg

Inside, unfortunately largely stripped of original details: https://assets2.roadtrippers.com/uploads/poi_gallery_image/image/319747058/-quality_60_-interlace_Plane_-resize_1024x480_U__-gravity_center_-extent_1024x480/poi_gallery_image-image-710c06f0-c6fb-4943-99a0-91835aa10d2f.jpg

"Urban explorer" pics: http://desertedplaces.blogspot.com/2017/03/the-abandoned-buffalo-central-terminal.html

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35141551)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 3:07 PM
Author: honey-headed multi-billionaire kitchen

ugh, so sad :(

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35141603)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 3:09 PM
Author: vermilion trip newt



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35141629)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 3:09 PM
Author: flatulent adventurous dingle berry masturbator

Need more Somalis

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35141627)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 6:16 PM
Author: Diverse Juggernaut Idiot



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35142946)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 6:41 PM
Author: Dun pungent box office

Not the same type of train but the new World Trade Center station looks amazing.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35143132)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 9:06 PM
Author: Mustard base pisswyrm

Great thread!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35144060)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 9:40 PM
Author: irradiated preventive strike

Denver's sees use as a transit hub and was recently renovated. It's the center of the booming lodo district, and is filled with restaurants, bars, etc.

http://res.cloudinary.com/simpleview/image/upload/v1476809593/clients/denver/denver_union_station_exterior_2015_991321c8-7b2b-4f91-bd96-1c8826647822.jpg

http://denverinfill.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/2014-07-13_UnionStation-04.jpg



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35144199)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 9:59 PM
Author: Diverse Juggernaut Idiot

loving these "travel by train" neon signs they have out west

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35144283)



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Date: January 24th, 2018 3:13 PM
Author: red electric generalized bond

Can confirm Denver's is lovely. Terminal Bar is cool in its own right, and Union Station acts as an anchor location for lots of other trendy bars and restaurants in the LoDo district.

Also, the new light rail express line to Denver International Airport, which departs from Union Station, adds function to the station and helps bring the area "back to its roots" as a transit and rail hub.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35227472)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 9:55 PM
Author: Flesh beady-eyed whorehouse

https://ggwash.org/view/43474/twenty-five-gorgeous-but-non-famous-us-train-stations

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35144260)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 10:02 PM
Author: Diverse Juggernaut Idiot

I love the mission-style ones they have out west! I also cried at Buffalo's overgrown, abandoned train station

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35144298)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 10:35 PM
Author: shivering green bbw

I lolled at the Mexican car on hydraulics in the Albuquerque pic

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35144442)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 10:22 PM
Author: Scarlet Nursing Home Brethren

if i could find the time, i'd like to take a train trip across a large portion of the country. it's crazy expensive though, and it takes for fucking ever.

when anthony bourdain went to Detroit and hung out with that squirrely guy in the Packard Plant, it was a real bummer to watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpF8eZ3bPqE

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35144367)



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Date: January 12th, 2018 10:29 PM
Author: Amethyst misunderstood dopamine lay



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35144409)



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Date: January 13th, 2018 1:54 AM
Author: coral crackhouse

I've been to 30th street station dozens of times (probably approaching 100) throughout my life. I'm still wowed EVERY DAMN TIME, it's an incredible building

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35145700)



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Date: January 13th, 2018 8:34 AM
Author: Diverse Juggernaut Idiot



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35146317)



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Date: January 24th, 2018 3:01 PM
Author: irradiated preventive strike



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35227384)



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Date: January 24th, 2018 3:17 PM
Author: Racy Black Woman

Original Penn Station was considered superior to grand central at the time:

http://mashable.com/2015/07/20/original-penn-station/#EXk_CygqlPqQ



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35227502)



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Date: January 24th, 2018 3:29 PM
Author: up-to-no-good party of the first part location

I still think the demolition of this building was a stab in the heart of New York City.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35227579)



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Date: January 24th, 2018 3:35 PM
Author: Racy Black Woman

I never even knew about it until I saw some random pbs thing on it. Blew me away. Everytime I'm in penn now (which thankfully is rare) I walk around with such disdain and anger.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35227635)



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Date: January 24th, 2018 3:24 PM
Author: Walnut Hospital

Poughkeepsie (1918):

https://dailytannenbaum.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/img_1816.jpg

https://cdn.goodgallery.com/027f46b7-6e15-440c-8538-0b1fe74cf127/r/0800/2676g43x/poughkeepsie-train-station-pictures-engagement.jpg

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35227541)



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Date: January 24th, 2018 11:32 PM
Author: Diverse Juggernaut Idiot



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3857164&forum_id=2#35231643)