Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It had really fallen apart. I remember when they did a big renovation back in the late 80s'/early 90s. There were so many shops and great places to eat. We'd go as a family (I was a kid at the time) just to have dinner there.

We took our kids there a few months ago since we had an Amtrak to NYC. So many vacant storefronts, and not much on offer at all. The place has really declined. I don't know who to blame, but whatever they had been trying to do to fix it wasn't working.

Yup. 1000%.

It's funny, because we just got back from Japan. Tokyo Station is absolutely mind warping. So many gourmet places to eat. Everything is immaculately clean. Insanely safe. You would go out of your way just to go to the train station to spend money. Everything is on time.

Union Station is probably 100 tiers lower than Tokyo Station. You're tell me the mighty USA with the world's #1 economy and sole remaining super power cannot do better than that sorry dump we have for a capital train station known as Union Station? There is absolutely zero excuse why we can't have a Tokyo Station.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It had really fallen apart. I remember when they did a big renovation back in the late 80s'/early 90s. There were so many shops and great places to eat. We'd go as a family (I was a kid at the time) just to have dinner there.

We took our kids there a few months ago since we had an Amtrak to NYC. So many vacant storefronts, and not much on offer at all. The place has really declined. I don't know who to blame, but whatever they had been trying to do to fix it wasn't working.

Yup. 1000%.

It's funny, because we just got back from Japan. Tokyo Station is absolutely mind warping. So many gourmet places to eat. Everything is immaculately clean. Insanely safe. You would go out of your way just to go to the train station to spend money. Everything is on time.

Union Station is probably 100 tiers lower than Tokyo Station. You're tell me the mighty USA with the world's #1 economy and sole remaining super power cannot do better than that sorry dump we have for a capital train station known as Union Station? There is absolutely zero excuse why we can't have a Tokyo Station.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It had really fallen apart. I remember when they did a big renovation back in the late 80s'/early 90s. There were so many shops and great places to eat. We'd go as a family (I was a kid at the time) just to have dinner there.

We took our kids there a few months ago since we had an Amtrak to NYC. So many vacant storefronts, and not much on offer at all. The place has really declined. I don't know who to blame, but whatever they had been trying to do to fix it wasn't working.

Amtrak already announced months ago the whole revitalization plan. They, like DC, did not need Trump.

Now you made me look it up. Amtrak took over in July 2024. They did some minor improvements.

Then there's a 13-year $8.8billion "Second Centry Plan" that looks great, managed by Amtrak and Union Station Redevelopment Corp (USRC). It seems ambitious and pricey:
https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-dc-95402e30-acc9-11ef-9771-23bbcd6b19e1

The announcment today is that Amtrak will run the rail side of the station; then USRC will run the retail side, along with DOT.

Anonymous wrote:I am not a fan of Union Station in its current state, but don't think this step was either necessary or the answer.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It had really fallen apart. I remember when they did a big renovation back in the late 80s'/early 90s. There were so many shops and great places to eat. We'd go as a family (I was a kid at the time) just to have dinner there.

We took our kids there a few months ago since we had an Amtrak to NYC. So many vacant storefronts, and not much on offer at all. The place has really declined. I don't know who to blame, but whatever they had been trying to do to fix it wasn't working.

Amtrak already announced months ago the whole revitalization plan. They, like DC, did not need Trump.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good.

Union Station is a filthy, God awful dump. It is unsafe. It is a national embarrassment that our nation's capital train station looks like a filthy open sewer.

Clean that garbage heap up, get rid of all of the junkies, and make it safe to ride again.

Oh look the maga dummy has entered the chat.

If you think this is why he's taking it over you have zero brain cells and are anti-American and a communists.

How to tell us you're pro-junkies without telling us you're pro-junkies. You guys had your way for years in cities like DC, Chicago, San Fran, Portland, Seattle, NYC, etc. People are sick and tired of the decay and rot unchecked liberal policies have brought to what were once beautiful American urban centers. That's why you're now out lf office.

Clean that cesspool out that is known as Union Station.

Anonymous wrote:Good.

Union Station is a filthy, God awful dump. It is unsafe. It is a national embarrassment that our nation's capital train station looks like a filthy open sewer.

Clean that garbage heap up, get rid of all of the junkies, and make it safe to ride again.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good.

Union Station is a filthy, God awful dump. It is unsafe. It is a national embarrassment that our nation's capital train station looks like a filthy open sewer.

Clean that garbage heap up, get rid of all of the junkies, and make it safe to ride again.

Oh look the maga dummy has entered the chat.

If you think this is why he's taking it over you have zero brain cells and are anti-American and a communists.

I’m very liberal and actually agree with this.

Anonymous wrote:If this isn't concerning to you at all, you are part of the problem.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good.

Union Station is a filthy, God awful dump. It is unsafe. It is a national embarrassment that our nation's capital train station looks like a filthy open sewer.

Clean that garbage heap up, get rid of all of the junkies, and make it safe to ride again.

Oh look the maga dummy has entered the chat.

If you think this is why he's taking it over you have zero brain cells and are anti-American and a communists.

Anonymous wrote:It had really fallen apart. I remember when they did a big renovation back in the late 80s'/early 90s. There were so many shops and great places to eat. We'd go as a family (I was a kid at the time) just to have dinner there.

We took our kids there a few months ago since we had an Amtrak to NYC. So many vacant storefronts, and not much on offer at all. The place has really declined. I don't know who to blame, but whatever they had been trying to do to fix it wasn't working.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good.

Union Station is a filthy, God awful dump. It is unsafe. It is a national embarrassment that our nation's capital train station looks like a filthy open sewer.

Clean that garbage heap up, get rid of all of the junkies, and make it safe to ride again.

Go through there every day. You couldn't be more full of shit. Find another way to justify your fascist tendencies.

Someone needs a new glasses presciption. The bathrooms are gross and filthy. Junkies and panhandlers are everywhere inside and outside. It is unsafe for smaller women traveling alone. So many trashy stores or vacant spaces. Just a garbage trash hole that is a national disgrace.