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Tulsa Union Depot
The Tulsa Union Depot (also known as the Tulsa Union station, Union Station) is the former central railway station for Tulsa, Oklahoma. It has since been turned into an office building. The Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame is currently headquartered in the former Depot. History The Depot was built in 1931, and was considered "the single best PWA symbol of hope for economic recovery during the bleak days of the depression." It cost $3.5 million, paid for by a bond issue passed in 1927. The Depot was the first central station in the city of Tulsa, and it unified the small SLSF, Frisco (St. Louis-San Francisco Railway), Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad, Katy (M-K-T), and Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, Santa Fe depots. Upon its completion, a crowd of over 60,000 people came to see the opening ceremonies, which included speeches, singing, dancing, and Indian stomp dance, stomp dancing. The event was even broadcast on radio. A new locomotive was unveiled, and the locomotive said ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Station
A union station, union terminal, joint station, or joint-use station is a railway station at which the tracks and facilities are shared by two or more separate railway company, railway companies, allowing passengers to connect conveniently between them. The term 'union station' is used in North America and 'joint station' is used in Europe. In the U.S., union stations are typically used by all the passenger trains serving a city, although exceptions exist. For example, in Chicago, the Central Station (Chicago terminal), Illinois Central and Ogilvie Transportation Center#The 1911 station, Chicago & North Western depots coexisted with Chicago Union Station, Union Station, and although most Metra commuter trains (and all Amtrak services) continue to use Union Station today, some lines depart from other terminals, such as Ogilvie Transportation Center, LaSalle Street Station, or Millennium Station. The busiest station to be named "Union Station" is Toronto Union Station, which ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Firefly (train)
The ''Firefly'' was a streamlined passenger train operated by the St. Louis – San Francisco Railway (the "Frisco"). At various times, it served St Louis, Missouri, Tulsa and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Kansas City, Missouri, and Fort Scott, Kansas. It made its maiden run on March 29, 1940, and ended May 22, 1960. It was Frisco’s first streamliner, and the first streamliner to be built in the southwest. History The ''Firefly's'' first regular run was March 29, 1940 over the Kansas City—Tulsa—Oklahoma City route. It was intended to compete with the Santa Fe, which had expanded its diesel streamliner service '' The Chicagoan/Kansas Cityan/Tulsan'' to serve Tulsa and Oklahoma City. Despite utilizing elderly steam locomotives, the ''Firefly'' ran competitive times, running five hours and five minutes to Tulsa and seven hours and fifteen minutes to Oklahoma City. The Frisco provided convenient daylight service, while the Santa Fe, operating through-service to and from Chica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tulsa County
Tulsa County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 669,279, making it the second-most populous county in the state, behind only Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, Oklahoma County. Its county seat and largest city is Tulsa, Oklahoma, Tulsa, the second-largest city in the state. Founded at statehood, in 1907, it was named after the previously established city of Tulsa. Before statehood, the area was part of both the Creek Nation and the Cooweescoowee District of Cherokee Nation in Indian Territory. Tulsa County is included in the Tulsa metropolitan area, Tulsa metropolitan statistical area. Tulsa County is notable for being the most densely populated county in the state. Tulsa County also ranks as having the highest income. History The history of Tulsa County greatly overlaps the History of Tulsa, history of the city of Tulsa. This section addresses events that largely occurred outsid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urban Design Group
Urban Design Group (UDG) was a professional architectural, interior, planning and urban design services firm with studios in Atlanta, Chicago, Georgia, and Dallas, Texas. Organizational background Urban Design Group was founded in 1975, by John M. Novack Jr., after leaving his position as Design Director at C. F. Murphy Associates of Chicago.Ingersoll, Richard. (1989).Reborn to Shop: Rivercenter in San Antonio. ''Cite Magazine'', pps. 7–9 The organization grew steadily, designing several urban projects, including Rivercenter in San Antonio, Texas; One Tabor Center in Denver, Colorado; Disney's Wilderness Lodge in Orlando, Florida; and Carlson Center in Minnetonka, Minnesota. Notable projects * Amrit Touristic Development, Tartous District, Syria * Animal Kingdom Lodge, Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida * Carlson Center, Minnetonka, Minnesota * Cameron University Science Complex, Lawton, Oklahoma * Castle Creek Lodge, Aspen, Colorado * Convergence Center, Virginia B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dearborn Station
Dearborn Station (also called, Polk Street Depot) was, beginning in the late 1800s, one of six intercity train stations serving downtown Chicago, Illinois. It remained in operation until May 1, 1971. Built in 1883, it is located at Dearborn and Polk Streets, to the south of the Loop, adjacent to Printers Row. The station was owned by the Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad, which itself was owned by the companies operating over its line. The station building headhouse now houses office, retail, and entertainment spaces, and its trackage yard, behind the headhouse, was redeveloped into part of the Dearborn Park neighborhood. Description and history The Romanesque Revival structure, designed by Cyrus L. W. Eidlitz, opened in 1885 at a cost of $400 to $500 thousand (equivalent to $ to $ million in ). The three-story building's exterior walls and twelve-story clock tower were composed of pink granite and red pressed brick topped by a number of steeply-pitched roofs. Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dallas
Dallas () is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of Texas metropolitan areas, most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the Metropolitan statistical area, fourth-most populous metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. It is the most populous city in and the county seat, seat of Dallas County, Texas, Dallas County, covering nearly 386 square miles into Collin County, Texas, Collin, Denton County, Texas, Denton, Kaufman County, Texas, Kaufman, and Rockwall County, Texas, Rockwall counties. With a 2020 United States census, 2020 census population of 1,304,379, it is the List of United States cities by population, ninth-most populous city in the U.S. and the List of cities in Texas by population, third-most populous city in Texas after Houston and San Antonio. Located in the North Texas region, the city of Dallas is the main core of the largest metropolitan area in the Southern Unite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Antonio
San Antonio ( ; Spanish for " Saint Anthony") is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in Greater San Antonio. San Antonio is the third-largest metropolitan area in Texas and the 24th-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 2.6 million people in the 2020 United States census. It is the most populous city in and the county seat of Bexar County. San Antonio is the seventh-most populous city in the United States, and the second-most populous in the Southern United States and Texas, after Houston. Founded as a Spanish mission and colonial outpost in 1718, the city in 1731 became the first chartered civil settlement in what is now present-day Texas. The area was then part of the Spanish Empire. From 1821 to 1836, it was part of the Mexican Republic. It is the oldest municipality in Texas, having celebrated its 300th anniversary on May 1, 2018. Straddling the regional divide between South and Central Texas, San Antonio anchors the southwe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Station (St
A union station is a type of railroad station used by more than one railroad company, line, or service provider, typically found in North America. Union Station, Union Terminal, Union Depot, or Union Passenger Station may refer to: Railway stations Australia * Union railway station, Melbourne, Victoria Canada Ontario * Union Station (Toronto), Ontario ** Union station (TTC), subway station in Toronto, Ontario * Union Station of Ottawa, Ontario, 1912-1966, today the Senate of Canada Building Manitoba * Union Station (Winnipeg), Manitoba Saskatchewan * Union Station (Regina), now the Casino Regina United States Alabama * Montgomery Union Station Arizona * Union Station (Phoenix, Arizona) Arkansas * Brinkley Union Station, in the Lick Skillet Railroad Work Station Historic District * Little Rock Union Station * Union Station (Pine Bluff, Arkansas), also known as the Pine Bluff-Jefferson County Historical Museum * Texarkana Union Station California * Los ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texas Special
The ''Texas Special'' was a List of named passenger trains, named train, passenger train operated jointly by the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad (also known as the MKT or the Katy) and the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway (the Frisco). It was the flagship of both these lines, operating between St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, and San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, from 1915 until 1959, after which time the Katy changed the northern destination from St Louis to Kansas City after the Frisco discontinued service from St. Louis. History Steam Era In 1915 the Katy began operating the ''Texas Special'' from St. Louis to San Antonio via North Jefferson City, Missouri; Parsons, Kansas; McAlester, Oklahoma; Dallas, Fort Worth, and Austin, Texas. This was done to augment the existing ''Katy Flyer'' and ''Katy Limited'' trains. Effective March 4, 1917, the ''Texas Special'' operated over Frisco line from St. Louis through Springfield, Missouri, to Vinita, Oklahoma, where it met Katy line ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Station (Houston)
Union Station is a building in Houston, Texas, in the United States. Dedicated on March 2, 1911, and formerly a hub of rail transportation, the building now serves as a cornerstone for Daikin Park. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and has since been superseded by Houston's Amtrak station. History Construction and rail use In 1909 the Houston Belt and Terminal Railway Company commissioned the design of a new union station for Houston from New York City-based architects Warren and Wetmore. The location called for the demolition of several structures of Houston prominence. Horace Baldwin Rice's residence and Adath Yeshurun Congregation's synagogue among other structures were removed. With an original estimated cost of US$1 million, Union Station was constructed by the American Construction Company for an eventual total of five times that amount. Exterior walls were constructed of granite, limestone, and terracotta, while the interior used an extensi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dallas Union Station
Dallas Union Station, officially Eddie Bernice Johnson Union Station (or simply EBJ Union Station), also known as Dallas Union Terminal, is a large intermodal railroad station in Dallas, Texas. It is the third busiest Amtrak station in Texas, behind Fort Worth Central Station and San Antonio station. It serves DART light rail Blue and Red lines, commuter rail and Amtrak inter-city rail. It is located on Houston Street, between Wood and Young Streets, in the Reunion district of Downtown Dallas. The structure is a Dallas Landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Services The station is served by Amtrak's ''Texas Eagle'' with Chicago as the eastern terminus and either San Antonio or Los Angeles as the western terminus and later by proposed Crescent (train). The light rail station serves as a stop on the and lines as well as the . Union Station is the northern terminus of the Dallas Streetcar and provides access to the Greyhound bus terminal, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galveston
Galveston ( ) is a Gulf Coast of the United States, coastal resort town, resort city and port off the Southeast Texas coast on Galveston Island and Pelican Island (Texas), Pelican Island in the U.S. state of Texas. The community of , with a population of 53,695 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, is the county seat of surrounding Galveston County, Texas, Galveston County and second-largest municipality in the county. It is also within the Greater Houston, Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area at its southern end on the northwestern coast of the Gulf of Mexico. Galveston, or Galvez's town, was named after 18th-century Spanish military and political leader Bernardo de Gálvez y Madrid, Count of Gálvez, Bernardo de Gálvez, 1st Count of Gálvez (1746–1786), who was born in Macharaviaya, Málaga, in the Kingdom of Spain. Galveston's first European settlements on the Galveston Island were built around 1816 by Kingdom of France, French pirate Louis-Miche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
