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[domefoamer]

According to the Denver Post, it was planned to re-use the old wood benches, but they contained so much asbestos that it was impractical to keep them. I'll miss them-- they were like oversized church pews.

 

[darien-l]

Here's a full report on the Union Station re-opening, complete with lots of photos:

http://denverinfill.com/blog/2014/07/denver-union-station-update-128-the-historic-station-opens.html

Looks great, although it perhaps has more of a "shopping mall" than a "train station" ambiance.

 

[railiner]

Here's a full report on the Union Station re-opening, complete with lots of photos:

http://denverinfill.com/blog/2014/07/denver-union-station-update-128-the-historic-station-opens.html

Looks great, although it perhaps has more of a "shopping mall" than a "train station" ambiance.

Nice link, thanks....

I don't think it is so much like a shopping mall...at least nowhere in the scale of Washington Union Station, that is.....

 

[Green Maned Lion]

It's a nice edifice. Not as nice as the big grand stations, such as GCT, Hoboken, Scranton, Washingon, or Chicago. But nice.

 

[railiner]

It's bigger than Scranton, and perhaps even Hoboken....but then again Denver was a lot smaller than New York, Chicago, and Washington. Considering Denver's size in the period, I think it is 'grand', relatively speaking.....

 

[Green Maned Lion]

Maybe it's bigger than Scranton. But nowhere near as beautiful.

 

[railiner]

You may have a point there, but I see Radisson didn't save any of that station's historic benches, either...http://www.radisson.com/scranton-hotel-pa-18503/pascrant

 

[Green Maned Lion]

But they do have a positively PHENOMENAL lunch buffet in their restaurant for, IIRC $10-15 a person. Best veal chops I've ever had- and the rest was excellent, too. It would be a bargain at an ambience of 0, but with the station and a live piano as a back drop...