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Railroad Stations (used)
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Anyone who has ever stepped into a railroad station like Grand Central Terminal in New York knows how awe inspiring such a place can be. As gateways to cities and towns, railroad stations have been built as elaborately detailed showplaces, displaying the best their cities have to offer. Railroad stations show the work of some of the most well known architects in the world: the famous McKim, Mead and White; and noted railroad station designers Reed & Stem.

In this architectural history of stations, author Brian Solomon, a writer, photographer, and train expert, offers not just the technical aspects of the station building itself, but discusses how the place came to be built and the role each station has played in its community — from grand stations in the big cities of the world (such as London's St. Pancras and Euston Stations; Windsor Station in Montreal; Philadelphia and Baltimore's Pennsylvania Stations; San Francisco's Southern Pacific Depot; Paris's Gare d'Orsay, now a museum; and Tokyo's Main Railroad Station) to humbler ones in small towns around the globe.

Railroad Stations starts with a discussion of the role of the railroad in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, from the passenger train's heyday to present times, when stations are being retrofitted for other uses — as museums, restaurants, and local government or university buildings.

Next,the author moves on to describe different types of stations: terminals and union stations and how the needs of the region and the type of the station influence the architecture of the resulting structure. Built to display the glory of their home cities and serve the needs of busy commercial centers through which many trains pass, union stations offer some of the finest railroad architecture available. The crown jewels of the railroad, the terminals, where all the trains come to complete their journeys, are also stellar examples of railroad station design.

Finally, the author takes us on a tour of classic stations, stations that have barely changed since the first train stopped there and are still welcoming trains today.

Made In: United Kingdom

Product Condition: Used

Product Type: Book > Hardcover Book
Author(s): Brian Solomon
Number of Pages: 120
Publication Date: 1998
Age Group: adult
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