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30th Street Station was designed and built at the height of the Great Depression by Daniel Burnham’s successor firm, Graham Anderson Probst and White. The eight-story, concrete-frame building represented a departure from the Beaux-Arts to a more modernized style. The designers included several elements that were new to train stations at the time including a chapel, a mortuary, a hospital, and a pneumatic tube network for internal communication.
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I always like 30th street far better than Union in D.C. Except for Union's grand domed entrance (that you won't see if you arrive by Metro), it is primarily a shopping mall, with the station as an afterthought. Thirtieth Street is a train station first, and a retail outlet second.
Posted by Ray | February 14, 2007 8:37 AM
Posted on February 14, 2007 08:37