Check out how massive Union Station looks in this photo. This is from 1910, several years after the railroad station was completed.
Take a Look at Union Station in 1910 – An Impressive Sight
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Wow. Must have been amazing back when they opened it.
I remember seeing that in 1975, with holes in the roof, paint peeling down, puddles on the floor, and thinking how beautiful it must have been, back in the day.
When I was a little girl back in the 40’s, we took the train to Georgia to visit family for Christmas. It is hard believe, but the concourse was absolutely packed with passangers. They were practically pressed against gates to the trains. It was awful. There were some soldiers there. They realized my mother and the 3 of us were having some real issues, so they joined their hands and formed a safety ring around us. That allowed us to move forward to go through the gate!
This is the same concourse where a runaway train ran into on January 1953 and fell through the floor into the basement. Fortunately there were no fatalities.
The roof no longer conveys natural light. An emergency repair to the roof that was in “immediate danger of collapse” preserved the ceiling but darkened it permanently. Some electric lamps make a feeble attempt at reproducing this scene, but the former Concourse is much darker than the original architects intended it to be.