King Street Station renovation

**fitz** · September 3rd, 2009, 12:33 AM

Does that mean that these ugly appendages, photographed in 2007, are gone from the clock tower? :tb-confused:

**GN-Z-phile** · September 3rd, 2009, 03:12 AM

Yes, those "ugly appendages" are gone. I'll get some photos as soon as I can.

**gregamer** · September 3rd, 2009, 03:32 AM

I took some photos outside this 4th of July.

Sounds like I'll have to go back soon and take some more shots.

**BoxcabE50** · September 3rd, 2009, 03:29 PM

Another reason for me, to get healed up and get out there again!

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**Kurt Moose** · September 3rd, 2009, 09:10 PM

Gosh, it would be awesome if they found an old, boarded, up room from the fifties, that was filled with a bunch of GN stuff!

Brochures, menu's, train order's, etc. Like a little day in the life, and put it on display!

**Kurt Moose** · September 3rd, 2009, 09:11 PM

Originally Posted by BoxcabE50

Another reason for me, to get healed up and get out there again!

Boxcab E50

Let us all know when, and we'll all go down there together, and check it out!

**GN-Z-phile** · September 3rd, 2009, 10:36 PM

Originally Posted by Kurt Moose

Gosh, it would be awesome if they found an old, boarded, up room from the fifties, that was filled with a bunch of GN stuff!

Brochures, menu's, train order's, etc. Like a little day in the life, and put it on display!

One small contribution to this end: as of August 16 (my most recent trip to Vancouver, BC), in the baggage area, there's a 1970 Great Northern calendar (Empire Builder-themed, the train in the Big Sky Blue-scheme) on the wall.

**BoxcabE50** · September 4th, 2009, 12:45 AM

Originally Posted by Kurt Moose

Let us all know when, and we'll all go down there together, and check it out!

I'm workin' on it. This whole recovery process thing is going slower than hoped.... I'm missing train shows, etc, etc.

:tb-wacky:

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**Shannon** · September 4th, 2009, 02:18 AM

I saw a TV program this morning on the life of Ray Charles. It showed two shots of the King Street station in 1960. The first shot was a set NP of F's pulling into the station and the second shot was a set of GN F's pulling out of the station. The only tall building in the Seattle Sky line before the 1962 Worlds Fair,(which I attended with my family) was the Smith tower. The King Street station clock tower was well set in a background of a clear Seattle day.

**BoxcabE50** · September 4th, 2009, 03:55 AM

I recently found an old, discoloring slide taken from the Smith Tower. It looks down on King Street, Union Station, and more. Dates form the early to mid-1950's. Quite a reminder of what was there when I was young.

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