Worcester's Union Station : The Monument and the Memories

Arsenault, Idamay Michaud

History of Worcester, Massachusett's Union Station. Its various shapes and transformations from its initial construction in 1875 and reconstruction in 1911, through its closure in 1964, to its 1999 restoration. The place of the station in French Canadian immigration, in the travels of World Wars I & II, and through the author's memoirs. How Union Station figures into the memories of other New Englanders, as presented in their own stories and writings. Statements from the staff of Preservation Worcester and the Worcester Redevelopment Authority. Illustrated heavily in black and white photograph, with one chapter devoted entirely to a pictorial history of Union Station.

1999

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1875-1994; Worcester, Massachusetts