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Originally Posted by Busy Bee
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That's fine, you could post the renovation of NY Penn as well or LA Union Station. What I'm saying is, I haven't seen any evidence that smaller cities and towns in the Midwest prefer Modernist designs for new train stations.
If you look at new Metra or Amtrak stations in the Midwest from the last 15 years, it's a pretty good mix of modern/traditional styles. Where a historic stationhouse is available, cities tend to use it unless there are fatal flaws (e.g. at Alton there was not enough parking in a residential neighborhood, and no room for indoor waiting). In Peoria, the building is already there and the flood risk is already there, it will remain whether the building is used as a restaurant or a train station. Unfortunately it seems like parking is driving this decision, which is asinine when the old station is surrounded by under-used parking already.