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TThealer56 — Union Station At Dusk
Published: 2007-07-22 16:57:42 +0000 UTC; Views: 1207; Favourites: 21; Downloads: 24
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This is Union Station in Kansas City, Mo. There's a lot that can be said regarding the old girl. During WWII, virtually every Service man , or woman, that needed to move from one coast to the other, traveled through the Union Station in Kansas City. Up till the decline of passenger services in late 60's early seventies, Union Station was a bustling rail connection. In the 70's and 80's this building was all but abandoned. In the 90's it was renovated, and now is the home to Science City, an interactive educational center.This photo was taken from the Liberty Memorial, which overlooks Union Station.
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You must like it! 
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wonderful picture the colours and night light is great!
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It's a bit of a classic for any Photographer in the K.C. Metro area..... Thanks!
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Very nice, and thanks for the info, too. Once you know the history of a certain place, it gets a whole new meaning.
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I love it. I didn't think KC had anything pretty.
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Really? Do they have electricity in Springfield now?! Wow did you get that this last spring??!!!
Actually, I'm in Kansas so I don't care!
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No, we still don't have electricity, but I hear we might be getting a windmill at my house next year.
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We're really going to have to stop this silliness!
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Ahhhhhhhhh!! Didn't know they allowed that technology to Bald Knobbers!
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I stole it. I'm being hunted down now.
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You know how far back I go with photography? Try this, people used to get in heated arguments as to whether photography was an art or not. Now a days, it's looked at as an art, then it was looked at as a science! Weird huh?
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I just read an article a bit ago that defends fractal art as an art and not cold science. [link]
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No, fractal art is not strictly a mathematical science. It amazes me that any form of art has that type of debate anymore. In fact, unless we're talking about petroglyphs, virtually all art actually uses science. Painting uses geometry, as well as all other traditional "hand art". There is the science of mixing the paint, to obtain the colors....... So there isn't such a thing as a total art, without science.
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Well said. I agree wholeheartedly. Anything that involves human input and opinion is art.
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Yes....... I suppose that you could say, anything that is the product of human imagination, and creativity is art also........
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You know....... The building, itself is a very ....... "grand" building, but I've always had the impression that it is a friendly building. I think it remembers, I think it remembers the more civilized time of rail travel in America. The building and the area of the Liberty Memorial vibrate. It has to do, I'm sure with a transition from then to now..............
Musing.................
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Thus the view from side to side.....is a continuous row of miss-match's. So sad, for the lovely Tudor Public House close by.
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And there is such wonderful architecture in the U.K.! That's a real shame! 
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Think a few Town Planner's need the bullet (fired) too.....
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Awesome shot! When I saw the title, I thought it was the one in St. Louis.
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Nope! I've only seen that one at 65mph....... Someday I'd like to do the train thing, especially when the Royals are playing the Cards!
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Great shot! My Mother traveled there to meet my my father there in 1942 while he was on a leave. My oldest brother was one of the souvineers she brought home LOL. Dad left for europe and North Africa after that.
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Thanks for the comments!
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Nice shot, Bob. Love the water fountain at the front of the station.
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Always welcome!
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Ogden Naish style?? or do I have to play it straight??
O.K Here's the rhyme:
Hat
Bat
Rat
Sat
Cat
Matt
Fat
All of those rhyme with "that"
Here's a riddle & rhyme:
Railroad crossing! Look out for the cars!
Can you spell that without any "R's" ?
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BTDT..........
Go here>>> [link]
This is just one........ there's a few more in the gallery, if you have a mind to read them!
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I haven't actually been inside the place since the 60's. Then it was just gorgeous inside.........
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Very pretty photo. It is great that the building is still be used and has not been torn down. 
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It came real close! Bad story that came out well!
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The blue and the lights are beautiful together.
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Hey! The Blue happened!
Thanks!
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The blue is great! You're welcome!
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