America's Great Railroad Stations
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.29 (567 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0670023116 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-10-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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and great high quality bound, must have for any rail fans collection, and great price. "For people who love trains" according to LD. These stations played a large role not just in transportation (passengers, mail, goods) but were the local's gathering places for restaurants, newsstands, and shops. Train stations reflected the best and latest architectural and decorative styles of their ti. "beautiful photos of an era long gone." according to Michigan Reviewer. For those who pine for the "good old days" when railroads were king, this book is probably for you. A book with wonderful photos of some beautiful old railroad stations. Having read this book made me feel somewhat guilty. Four of these jewels are located wit
Both live in New York City. . His work has appeared in newspapers, magazines, and several books. About the AuthorRoger Straus III spent thirty years in book publishing before becoming an architectural photographer. Ed Breslin and Hugh Van Dusen are veteran editors and publishers of several decades in the book business. He lives in North Salem, New York
. His work has appeared in newspapers, magazines, and several books. He lives in North Salem, New York. Both live in New York City. Roger Straus III spent thirty years in book publishing before becoming an architectural photographer. Ed Breslin and Hugh Van Dusen are veteran editors
And in other places, whole sections of towns have been remade around these structures, restoring their vitality in novel and interesting ways long after the last train has left the station.In America's Great Railroad Stations, award-winning photographer Roger Straus III, and two lifelong railroad buffs, Ed Breslin and Hugh Van Dusen, join forces to tell the astonishing story of these enduring structures and the important role they still play in the country's landscape. Most of these buildings were architectural gems, and while many are still in service, certain others now house museums, banks, restaurants, and more. Journeying from the Pennsylvania Railroad to the Union Pacific to Michigan Central and more, readers will be dazzled by the Beaux Arts monuments of New York and the adobe buildings of the Southwest. Filled with both new and archival photographs and drawings, this volume is a glorious salute to the institution that transformed our nation.. For much of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the railroad station or depot was the communal hub of ever