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Lost Jacksonville: Union Terminal

Started by Metro Jacksonville, January 08, 2010, 06:20:02 AM

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Dashing Dan

#90
April 21, 2011, 05:52:56 PM
Here's an opening day picture of Penn Station in New York


Here's an old picture of our own Jacksonville Terminal


Nice copy, don't you think?



Especially since Penn Station in New York has been gone for almost fifty years, and our Jacksonville Terminal is still with us.
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.  - Benjamin Franklin

mtraininjax

#91
April 21, 2011, 05:53:44 PM
Nice Picture!
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Timkin

#92
April 21, 2011, 05:59:18 PM
Remarkable similarity

stjr

#93
April 30, 2011, 04:19:30 PM
The destruction of Penn Station was a major loss for New York and I am under the impression many New Yorker's greatly regret its razing.  I only wish more people in Jax kept this thought in mind as we lose, one by one, so many of our historic, uniquely Jacksonville, and irreplaceable Jax buildings.  Over time, future generations will mourn our poor stewardship, no doubt, in the same way.
Hey!  Whatever happened to just plain ol' COMMON SENSE!!

Timkin

#94
April 30, 2011, 04:37:28 PM
stjr... I wish this city had more people like you . +1,000,000

Dashing Dan

#95
April 30, 2011, 04:45:47 PM
In Nashville it's a big deal that they have a replica of the Parthenon.  

Why not make it a big deal that Jacksonville has a replica of New York's Penn Station?
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.  - Benjamin Franklin

Timkin

#96
April 30, 2011, 04:57:13 PM
FOR REAL.  When they made the ingenious decision to put Prime Osbourne Convention Center ( which admittedly beats the alternative to razing the building) They should have built the addition with some features resembling the Penn Station building.

WTF  were they thinking to raze all these beautiful pieces ?

Non-RedNeck Westsider

#97
July 19, 2011, 11:42:28 AM
All the talk about the JRTC recently.....
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fsujax

#98
July 19, 2011, 01:40:47 PM
POCC saved our terminal. Ours is an exact replica mini Penn Station.

Jaxson

#99
July 19, 2011, 02:03:26 PM
I like how Ock posted some pics of the station during the horrible drop ceiling days.  Are there any other pictures of the interior of the station from the 1950s until its closing in 1974?  I would love to see them...
John Louis Meeks, Jr.

KenFSU

#100
July 19, 2011, 02:06:28 PM
Quote from: stjr on April 30, 2011, 04:19:30 PM
The destruction of Penn Station was a major loss for New York and I am under the impression many New Yorker's greatly regret its razing.

I would love to see a list of the most egregious demolitions in American history. I have a feeling the old Penn Station would easily be top five.
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