[the urban politician]

Originally Posted by DCCliff

..."I think improving Union Station's connections and facilities is a more productive goal."

A big fat AMEN to that. I wish more public and private people thought that way - - or could find a commercial incentive to make it true. Mr. D: Dearborn centrism (although I don't agree with it) would be no problem if the stations worked seamlessly with the rest of the CBD. Fat chance.

^ The benefit of this makes so much frigging sense that I actually have come to the conclusion that there is a very powerful & clouty force out there actively trying to not allow this to happen.