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Urban Thinking => Urban Issues => Topic started by: vicupstate on April 06, 2013, 09:31:30 AM

Title: Indy Baseball Field being turned into Lofts
Post by: vicupstate on April 06, 2013, 09:31:30 AM
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/move-already-indianapolis-old-bush-stadium-becomes-apartment-181901050--mlb.html (http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/move-already-indianapolis-old-bush-stadium-becomes-apartment-181901050--mlb.html)

Very innovative. Just goes to show that just about anything can be preserved and repurposed.
Title: Re: Indy Baseball Field being turned into Lofts
Post by: Ocklawaha on April 06, 2013, 12:19:40 PM
(http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa111/Ocklawaha/RAILROAD%20Depots%20and%20Stations/RAILROAD-houston-UNION-STA_zps2b0ca072.jpg)
HOUSTON UNION STATION CIRCA 1955

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LAST TRAIN TO VISIT HOUSTON UNION STATION IN 1979

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EXTERIOR OF REMODELED HOUSTON UNION STATION

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ARCHED CONCOURSE OF THE FORMER HOUSTON UNION STATION

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MINUTE MAID PARK, BASEBALL STADIUM BUILT ON THE REMODELED HOUSTON UNION STATION, NOTE THE CONCOURSE ARCHES ACROSS THE LEFT OUTFIELD.