East End of Grand Lobby, New Union Station

Original Vintage Card
  
 Price: $15.95

Stock #:894983
Type: Postcard
Era: Divided Back
City: Kansas City
State: Missouri (MO)
Publisher: Detroit Publishing Co.
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
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Additional Details:
All the comforts and conveniences required by the traveler are located in the main building of the New Union Station, in Kansas City, centering in a large space known as the Grand Lobby, ,from which the passengers have access to the waiting rooms. Adjoining the Grand Lobby are other waiting rooms for women, a smoking room for men, restaurants, telegraph office, drug store, book store and news stand. The room has an area of 22,060 square feet. The corresponding space in the Grand Central Station, New York, has an area of 82,000 square feet, while the concourse in the Pennsylvania Station, New York, has an area of about 60,000 square feet, and the one in St. Louis has an area of 8,940 feet. A circular pavilion made up of booths for the sale of railway and sleeping car tickets, is a central feature of the Grand Lobby.

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