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The Union Station arch is located in McFerson Commons (sometimes known as Arch Park), where it serves as its central focal point. [1] The site was formerly the eastern edge of the Ohio Penitentiary, which stood there from 1834 to 1997. The Beaux-Arts arch measures 35 ft (11 m) tall, and weighs about 4 short tons (3.6 t). [2]
The Cincinnati Union Terminal Company was created in 1927 to build a union station to replace five local stations used by seven railroads. Construction, which lasted from 1928 to 1933, included the creation of viaducts, mail and express buildings, and utility structures: a power plant, water treatment facility, and roundhouse .
A whispering gallery is usually a circular, ... The Whispering Arch in St. Louis Union Station [12] Charles Stover Bench, Central Park, New York, New York [13]
This Beaux-Arts station opened in 1914 on the site of the city’s previous Union Station, which had been destroyed by fire. One of its most unique features was a steel arch that spelled out ...
The arch in the Arena District, located in McFerson Commons near Nationwide Arena, started out as part of the Union Station train depot.
A notice of the new platform under construction at Union Station in a 2023 file photo. In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, the MBTA's official Commuter Rail account announced the opening ...
The arch was part of Columbus's Union Station, designed by Daniel Burnham in 1893, but demolished from 1976 to 1979 to make way for the Greater Columbus Convention Center. The arch, the only remaining portion of the station, was moved to the park. [3] The arch was originally the northern of two identical grand archways in the colonnade leading ...
Razing the third Union Station, c. 1977 The Union Station arch in its current location in McFerson Commons Union Station, a Short North mural in view from 1987 to 2014. Amtrak cut back rail service to a single train, the New York-Kansas City National Limited (formerly the Spirit of St. Louis). The restaurant and newsstand were closed.