The other day we went to downtown Dayton, Ohio, to see my partner's son in a play. While eating dinner at a nearby restaurant, I looked across the street at an old building, repurposed as office space and mentioned it looked a lot like the old Cincinnati bus station which used to be right across the street from my office building.
A similar thing happened in Seattle when they tried to flatten the entire city (but quickly realized that it was too much work and only flattened one single hill).
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The other day we went to downtown Dayton, Ohio, to see my partner's son in a play. While eating dinner at a nearby restaurant, I looked across the street at an old building, repurposed as office space and mentioned it looked a lot like the old Cincinnati bus station which used to be right across the street from my office building.
Turns out I was right. The CIncinnati building was torn down decades ago, but Dayton's old Greyhound station still stands, although somewhat shabbier than in its glory days. https://www.roadarch.com/bus/oh.html#:~:text=The%20Dayton%20station%20was%20designed,Arrasmith%20and%20built%20in%201949.
Yes, I like this! Those old bus terminals were lovely buildings and were meant to be.
A similar thing happened in Seattle when they tried to flatten the entire city (but quickly realized that it was too much work and only flattened one single hill).
https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/seattle-regrading-old-photographs/
And of course, Seattle is also home to the famous "Up House"
https://savingplaces.org/stories/the-story-behind-seattles-up-house
The word “tenement” has acquired a pejorative sense, but in the 19th Century it basically just meant “apartment house.”