Union_Station

Union Station Environment Saint Louis Union Station is a massive, Romaneque-style building, designed by architect Theodore Link in 1894. It was once on of the largest and busiest railroad terminals in the road. Now it is home to a hotel, delicious restaruants, unique shops, a beautiful pond and the ever so popular fudgery. Union Station is filled with vaulted ceilings, stained glass, scale models of trains and a room that appears to pass voices through walls. A traditional landmark in St. Louis that no visitor should miss. Deciding on which place to evaluate based on the four choosen spots came easy to me. I love Union Station and the feeling that I get when I enter the magnificent building. I can remember going there with my father and asking him to explain the features to me, not knowing until I was much older that it wasn’t just a wonderful place to eat and shop. As I grew older and finally came to understand the reasoning behind the building I came to appreciate it even more. The environmental elements present in the builing represent to me a need for space. The huge steel beams that hold up the building are a cold grey but they show off the real reason they are there. To support a railroad station that required large people, building, station, place, union, warm, feeling, feel, made, landmark, just, environment, came, amount, within, while, st, space, privacy, present, perceptions, particular, out, one, older, off, noise, next, louis, lake, going, gives, felt, features, evaluating, designing