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NEW UNION STATION AND PLAZA, KANSAS CITY, MO.
COPR. FRED HARVEY.
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FOREIGN, TWO
The new Union Station, Kansas City, opened to
the public in 1914, cost approximately six million
dollars for the structure alone. It covers an area
of 5.5 acres. The front of the main building is
510 feet long, with an express building on the west
extending a distance of 1,000 feet. The apex of
the roof is 126 feet above the street. The station
fronts on a plaza and puc lic square. No baggage,
express or mail wago s use the plaza level,
roadways for hat purpose leading to the basement
below. Al rucking to and from trains is done in
the subway underneath the building and plaza.
The exterior of the building is gray stone. The
roof is of concrete slabs and the interior finish is of
marble, tile and stone.
The entire Terminal project, of which the
passenger station is a part, cost approximately
fifty million dollars.
RED
ARVEY
