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I noted Shawn in Montreal's edit comment as to this looking more like Beaux-Arts....I'd have to agree, although it's a decidedly more restrained Beaux-Arts than, say, Grand Central in NYC. As I recall the old Great Northern Station, which stood next door (to the left in the photos, i.e. north) was very much Beaux-Arts; the comparison to Waterfront Station, the old CP station which is decidedly neo-classical and a small version of Toronto's Union Station, is very marked. I've added WP:Architecture to this article for hoped-for input from that department.[[User:Skookum1|Skookum1]] ([[User talk:Skookum1|talk]]) 15:04, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
I noted Shawn in Montreal's edit comment as to this looking more like Beaux-Arts....I'd have to agree, although it's a decidedly more restrained Beaux-Arts than, say, Grand Central in NYC. As I recall the old Great Northern Station, which stood next door (to the left in the photos, i.e. north) was very much Beaux-Arts; the comparison to Waterfront Station, the old CP station which is decidedly neo-classical and a small version of Toronto's Union Station, is very marked. I've added WP:Architecture to this article for hoped-for input from that department.[[User:Skookum1|Skookum1]] ([[User talk:Skookum1|talk]]) 15:04, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
:Never looked for it before on the net, but delighted to find pics of the old Great Northern Station [http://www.wcra.org/features/station-street.htm here] and [http://www.vanc.igs.net/~roughley/union_station.html here], plus the note that because it was a joint Great Northern/Northern Pacific station it was called Union Station; so [[Union Station (Vancouver)]] could certainly use an article at some point. BTW I note that this was an American-owned station and reflective of dffernt architectural tastes - a bit more lavish in decor and design, intentionally opulent instead of intentionally restrained, as is the Canadian norm (similarly for Queen Anne which is less elaborate in BC than it is in WA, OR and CA....). As with the old Hotel Vancouver being torn down because the new Hotel Vancouver didn't want the competition, Union Station got to run down not just because of the collapse of train travel to/from the US but also because it made the Canadian National station llok drab; can't remember the politics of it, though that site has stayed vacant and bleak ever since.[[User:Skookum1|Skookum1]] ([[User talk:Skookum1|talk]]) 15:11, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
:Never looked for it before on the net, but delighted to find pics of the old Great Northern Station [http://www.wcra.org/features/station-street.htm here] and [http://www.vanc.igs.net/~roughley/union_station.html here], plus the note that because it was a joint Great Northern/Northern Pacific station it was called Union Station; so [[Union Station (Vancouver)]] could certainly use an article at some point. BTW I note that this was an American-owned station and reflective of dffernt architectural tastes - a bit more lavish in decor and design, intentionally opulent instead of intentionally restrained, as is the Canadian norm (similarly for Queen Anne which is less elaborate in BC than it is in WA, OR and CA....). As with the old Hotel Vancouver being torn down because the new Hotel Vancouver didn't want the competition, Union Station got to run down not just because of the collapse of train travel to/from the US but also because it made the Canadian National station llok drab; can't remember the politics of it, though that site has stayed vacant and bleak ever since.[[User:Skookum1|Skookum1]] ([[User talk:Skookum1|talk]]) 15:11, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

== Rocky Mountaineer ==

I noticed the article states that this is the Rocky Mountaineer's terminus. Don't they have their separate station? Yes, it is nearly right across the street, but I think it is a separate station. If anyone could verify, that would be great. Thank you. (Yours trully Railroader 96 06:28, 26 February 2013 (UTC))

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Beaux-Arts or Neo-classical?

I noted Shawn in Montreal's edit comment as to this looking more like Beaux-Arts....I'd have to agree, although it's a decidedly more restrained Beaux-Arts than, say, Grand Central in NYC. As I recall the old Great Northern Station, which stood next door (to the left in the photos, i.e. north) was very much Beaux-Arts; the comparison to Waterfront Station, the old CP station which is decidedly neo-classical and a small version of Toronto's Union Station, is very marked. I've added WP:Architecture to this article for hoped-for input from that department.Skookum1 (talk) 15:04, 20 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Never looked for it before on the net, but delighted to find pics of the old Great Northern Station here and here, plus the note that because it was a joint Great Northern/Northern Pacific station it was called Union Station; so Union Station (Vancouver) could certainly use an article at some point. BTW I note that this was an American-owned station and reflective of dffernt architectural tastes - a bit more lavish in decor and design, intentionally opulent instead of intentionally restrained, as is the Canadian norm (similarly for Queen Anne which is less elaborate in BC than it is in WA, OR and CA....). As with the old Hotel Vancouver being torn down because the new Hotel Vancouver didn't want the competition, Union Station got to run down not just because of the collapse of train travel to/from the US but also because it made the Canadian National station llok drab; can't remember the politics of it, though that site has stayed vacant and bleak ever since.Skookum1 (talk) 15:11, 20 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Rocky Mountaineer

I noticed the article states that this is the Rocky Mountaineer's terminus. Don't they have their separate station? Yes, it is nearly right across the street, but I think it is a separate station. If anyone could verify, that would be great. Thank you. (Yours trully Railroader 96 06:28, 26 February 2013 (UTC))

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