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Old Posted Sep 8, 2016, 10:23 PM
emathias emathias is offline
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Originally Posted by ithakas View Post
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I agree in hoping Amtrak replacement parking is built underground with a pedway. I also would love to see this tower be office/residential mixed-use to help give the area more life at night, though the design is great so I won't complain.
The tower also seems to encroach on the just-opened bus turnaround for the Loop Link buses - I wonder if that's just the way it looks in this rendering, or if perhaps the bus area is integrated near the base. There is a pedway from that bus area to Union Station now under Jackson.

Union Station itself can be extended upward - I think up to 20 floors, IIRC, on the existing foundations. Last time they talked about doing that, it was for a hotel, which would bring a little evening activity.