Union Station
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Grand Beaux-Arts architecture, shops, dining, and multiple transit options
Grand Beaux-Arts architecture, shops, dining, and multiple transit options
"The grand train station served as a bustling after-party site where chefs from around the country passed out a huge variety of bites to hungry revelers. Lines formed for standout offerings, there were limited seats so some guests perched on the stairs, and the scene included sponsor activations, a shoe check for dancing, neat pours of sotol and aged rum, and several nonalcoholic cocktail options." - Sam Nelson
"Amtrak station offering Red Cap services, assisting with bags and providing general assistance." - Stacey Leasca Stacey Leasca Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist and co-founder of Be a Travel Writer, an online course for the next generation of travel journalists. Her photos, videos, and words have appeare
"I report that Union Station is one of the two Metra terminals cited in discussions about the proposed West Loop stop; officials estimate the new station would be about a mile and a half from Union Station." - Aimee Levitt
"First built in the 1920s, the train station was restored in 2005 to welcome train passengers after nearly 30 years out of service. Now serving Amtrak’s Crescent, Carolinian, and Piedmont lines, the station's Beaux Arts architecture shines. The building's front features three-story-tall columns and an arched, glass entrance, while the small interior showcases murals from the era when the Southern Railway line ran through the station." - Meredith Carey, Meg Reinhardt
"Homegrown casual chain &pizza just installed a prototype of a compact cube kiosk in Union Station that’s equipped to churn out 300 pizzas in under an hour. The cube allows &pizza to enter new markets quickly or work with landlords and community spaces to set up short-lived pop-ups like, say, a temporary placement on the National Mall. Each cube serves the same menu found across the company’s 34 existing locations along the East Coast (build-your-own or eight signature pizzas under $11)." - Tierney Plumb
