tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107944933915076336.post2301227453372589373..comments2023-08-29T12:04:07.483-04:00Comments on Hoboken Group: Best in the World!Aldoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11870241518512620961noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107944933915076336.post-5694318381636864172007-11-18T11:49:00.000-05:002007-11-18T11:49:00.000-05:00of course, none of these multi-modal hubs compares...of course, none of these multi-modal hubs compares to that of Columbia, or whatever it was called, nick.simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06987365395521997375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107944933915076336.post-74243653992688819582007-11-14T21:04:00.000-05:002007-11-14T21:04:00.000-05:00Well, at least we didn't tear Union Station down l...Well, at least we didn't tear Union Station down like old Penn Station, though I suppose many would have wanted that in the days before you could get a cappuccino in Toronto (i.e. 1793-c.1975). Nor is our city's total lack of ambition, vision, and grandeur anything new. Remember this?<BR/><BR/>http://www.urbanspace.ca/images/oldtoronto/oldtoronto-federal-avenue-m.jpg<BR/><BR/>No, probably not. Federal avenue was the one chance Toronto ever had to rival the architecture of... Buffalo. But it failed. Union Station, grandiose but a bit severe (it lacks the panache of Coutain's mighty Commerce, who sits atop Grand Central flanked by Hercules and Minerva- supposedly the largest sculptural group in the world), couldn't even start operating until 1927 (the station was finished by 1914 but the train shed took another 13 years!). That is why they built the now-Summerhill LCBO, as an interim solution.<BR/><BR/>Geez, call me when they tear down the Gardiner.<BR/><BR/>NickNickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04278624451293888579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107944933915076336.post-44614655870754248392007-11-14T18:34:00.000-05:002007-11-14T18:34:00.000-05:00i thought the premier multi-modal transportation h...i thought the premier multi-modal transportation hub in NA was the <A HREF="http://www.ripta.com/news/index.php?section=10" REL="nofollow"> Providence bus/trolley station </A>?Bronwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16457631659018515743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107944933915076336.post-22812969937341004342007-11-14T12:23:00.000-05:002007-11-14T12:23:00.000-05:00Apparently being the "the premier multi-modal tran...Apparently being the "the premier multi-modal transportation hub in North America" involves having a fish market on the premises.... This is an irony of truly historical proportions.Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04575655575664654402noreply@blogger.com