Modern Federal · Railroad stations

The ill-fated "National Visitor Center" slide-show area, dug beneath the floor of Washington, D.C.'s Union Station before a wholesale restoration in the 1980s

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

The ill-fated "National Visitor Center" slide-show area, dug beneath the floor of Washington, D.C.'s Union Station before a wholesale restoration in the 1980s, Washington (d.c.), District Of Columbia, 1850–1939
The ill-fated "National Visitor Center" slide-show area, dug beneath the floor of Washington, D.C.'s Union Station before a wholesale restoration in the 1980s, Washington (d.c.), District Of Columbia, 1850–1939. Railroad stations — Modern Federal Architecture, from the Library of Congress record.

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