Modern Federal · Railroad stations

Restoration work on Union Station, in which a balcony shopping level was added to the historic train concourse. Washington, D.C.

Washington (d.c.), District Of Columbia · 1850–1939

Restoration work on Union Station, in which a balcony shopping level was added to the historic train concourse. Washington, D.C., Washington (d.c.), District Of Columbia, 1850–1939
Restoration work on Union Station, in which a balcony shopping level was added to the historic train concourse. Washington, D.C., Washington (d.c.), District Of Columbia, 1850–1939. Railroad stations — Modern Federal Architecture, from the Library of Congress record.

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