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It was still steaming there when I graduated in ‘69 — So at least up till then… I cant remember when it was taken down…

Yes, I remember Innes windows… and Buck’s…. and there were a few other windows decorated… but Innes and Bucks were the BIG ones…. Anybody remember when Sears was downtown where Jenkins Music was for years after?? William & Market, I think it was…. And there was a Woolworth’s AND a Kresge(early K-Mart) downtown as well… Many fond memories brought about by the old Union Station…

I still believe it was originally owned and run by Santa Fe Railroad (ATSF) Like I said earlier, Missouri Pacific and Rock Island had depots over on Waco, across from the Hotel…

I remember how Innes and Buck’s (on east Douglas) got really competitive over Christmas windows- they got awfully elaborate over time. Innes had the advantage of having more windows to decorate, but Buck’s managed to get more stuff in theirs. My dad used to take us downtown for an evening of window-touring every year during the season.

The station was pretty large to me back then, so probably was the Union station - don’t remember.

We made a few trips on the old Santa Fe passenger service. One to Chicago and several to Dallas. The trips were all pleasurable as far as I can remember.

I say that because that’s the way Kansas City’s Union Station was built back in the 1920’s or so. Incidentally, at one time, I was one of the few who knew where machine gun bullets chipped out the granite on Kansas City’s Union Station front fascade during the so-called Union Station massacre.

However, on the subject of Wichita’s Union Station, I believe it once contained a Fred Harvey Restaurant. It might have continued to be operated as a restaurant even after the Fred Harvey connection was discontinued. I believe some of the checkered tiled floors can still be seen and the colored glass windows on the east side of Union Station marking the location of the restaurant. I haven’t been in there for a long time because my cable company was so security minded.

Is anyone familiar with the old Fred Harvey restaurant?

hasn’t been a good Kansas idea in quite some time — White Castles ?? (and even they left)

For other uses, the requirement would be more or less. A large warehouse might be less. Lots of traffic, restaurants, bars, passenger train traffic, the requirement might be more.

Local building code ordinances usually contain the requirements.

Of course, here in Wichita, the new downtown arena IGNORED parking requirements and assume people who attend can park in parking lots owned by neighbors, in alleys, under nearby highway 54 overpasses, etc. Totally amateurish.

If economic conditions were such that Union Station and the railroad lines were returned to active use, parking would be required. Obviously, the best location would have been the new downtown arena site directly across the railroad tracks from Union Station.

I will say it once again, the new arena should have been designed as a convention center with acoustics and loading docks and arrangement therefore. And located along the Arkansas River to provide for direct storm water runoff to the Arkansas River. But amateurs were in charge and these ideas were vetoed by the holdover county commissioners. As it turned out, providing storm water 4′ X 8′ reinforced concrete box sewers from the arena to the Arkansas River cost millions of dollars of taxpayers money.

But the public did get to suggest colors for the interior seating.

Mary Knecht and gang at the old channel 49 TV station added Christmas music to the film since it was silent of course. The old channel 49 showed the film on station breaks at Christmas time at that time.

I would like to come up with a TV channel that would show it this coming Christmas. Its interesting, somewhat amateurish. The Santa’s and elves are sometimes more scary than full of Christmas cheer. It would have been better if filmed during the day. But it is a record of that Christmas in the early 50’s.

;)

You guys familiar with Players on 21st just east of Ridge?

Seems I remember that building being owned originally by ATSF… The MoPac and Rock Island had their own depots/stations over on Waco, IIRC…. across from the Broadview Hotel.

I have taken the train out of Wichita, once or twice, when I was a kid and we went to Pittsburgh to grandparents and other of dad’s relatives…

I DO hope we get rail service restored to Wichita… Could be a huge boom for Downtown business (well, Old Town at least!)

;)

Would like the opportunity to be annoyed by some Jayhawk fan carrying one of those large foam fingers and carrying a KU sign smacking everyone in the head while he tries to take a seat on a journey south to a basketball or football game. :D

I would add better bus access for a number of reasons - especially connecting with rail.