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Old Posted Jul 18, 2020, 3:56 PM
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re: Union Station
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Originally Posted by BDiH View Post
Before the entrance to Metrorail was built, that are was a large janitorial room and a paymaster office. Although LAUS still looks original in many ways, major changes have altered the original buildings. The commissary, which moved to Eighth Street years ago, was once behind Fred Harvey's. The bus area was just outside the south gardens. Today, it is near the north gardens. Above the main building, there used to be a mail sorting area that sent mail over Macy to the Terminal Annex. And, of course, the trolley stop on the south/east corner no longer exists.

"The bus area was just outside the south gardens."

Is this the south garden, BDiH? (see below)


. . .Whatever it is, this is how it appeared in 1979. (same year as the two previous slides I posted Here)


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I believe the lights are a nod to nearby Chinatown.


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BDiH, any idea where this 'mystery' door leads to?

If you look at the complete slide it looks like you could just walk around the end of the wall - several feet to the right.



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