I can't wait to see this when I visit Milwaukee for Thanksgiving. It's hard to believe that old hell-hole of a station is forever gone.
The old station (by John December)
The new (by Tom Lynn/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)
From the bones of a mid-century dud, a gleaming gem arises
Posted: Nov. 11, 2007
Whitney Gould
At night, when its prismatic glass face and bold, diagonal beams are awash with light, you have to pinch yourself: Can this possibly be Milwaukee's old Amtrak station?
Well, yes and no. The bones of the 1965 station are still there. But the railroad depot, now the "Milwaukee Intermodal Station," has had a $16.9 million makeover so breathtaking that passengers who knew this only as a decrepit eyesore must wonder if they're really in Milwaukee.
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