So one of our distinguished Denver forumers leads twice monthly public tours of the Denver Union Station project site. I joined this morning, and snapped a few iPhone shots (which look even worse post-photobucket) of the new train shed going up along the way:
The holes in the ground in these first two photos are the new south and north wing buildings (5-story office/retail) also under construction.
From inside:
This open plaza/sidewalk/garden is 17th Street. The station configuration is I-shaped. I am standing in front of the light rail plaza (lines to the south), looking toward the historic station and downtown. The bus station is underground, under this sidewalk/plaza. The train shed behind the historic station is for lines going north, east (airport), and west.
The red crane in the background is for the apartment building (rendering above) currently under construction.
Not too shabby for a cowtown provincial backwater.