[milwaukee-electric] Re: Name of the Milwaukee Train Station During 1969

[Larry Allan]

I remember the Clock Tower was left standing for awhile. I also heard the
rumor that the First Wisconsin wanted the Station down for it was
obstructing their view of the Lake.
On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 10:12 AM, Ken and Tracie <ktjosephson at embarqmail.com
> wrote:

> Yeah, it was empty when I visited it. Became quite derelict in such a short
> period of time, like former United States Disciplinary Barracks on North
> Hopkins did, after the Army moved the Reserve unit to the former Nike
> buildings on the south end of the property, circa 1969.
>
> K.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Scott Greig" <sbgreig_m1 at yahoo.com>
> To: <milwaukee-electric at lists.dementia.org>
> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 7:53 AM
> Subject: [milwaukee-electric] Re: Name of the Milwaukee Train Station
> During
> 1969
>
>
> > Yes, give or take a year on the C&NW.  I'd have to check my copy of "The
> > 400 Story" to be sure.  The lakefront station sat vacant for a few years
> > (and had at least one fire) before the City of Milwaukee put pressure on
> > the railroad and it was razed.
> >
> > A rotten shame that it was.
> >
> > --- On Thu, 3/17/11, Ken and Tracie <ktjosephson at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> From: Ken and Tracie <ktjosephson at embarqmail.com>
> >> Subject: [milwaukee-electric] Re: Name of the Milwaukee Train Station
> >> During 1969
> >> To: milwaukee-electric at lists.dementia.org
> >> Date: Thursday, March 17, 2011, 9:47 AM
> >> So Scott, both railroads used the new
> >> station from the very beginning, in
> >> 1965?
> >>
> >> I remember seeing the C&NW station not long before it
> >> was torn down.
> >>
> >> K.
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Scott Greig" <sbgreig_m1 at yahoo.com>
> >> To: <milwaukee-electric at lists.dementia.org>
> >> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 7:29 AM
> >> Subject: [milwaukee-electric] Re: Name of the Milwaukee
> >> Train Station During
> >> 1969
> >>
> >>
> >> >I think the C&NW station on the lakefront closed
> >> around 1965. It was
> >> >demolished in 1968.
> >> >
> >> > --- On Thu, 3/17/11, Ken and Tracie <ktjosephson at embarqmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> From: Ken and Tracie <ktjosephson at embarqmail.com>
> >> >> Subject: [milwaukee-electric] Re: Name of the
> >> Milwaukee Train Station
> >> >> During 1969
> >> >> To: milwaukee-electric at lists.dementia.org
> >> >> Date: Thursday, March 17, 2011, 9:27 AM
> >> >> Thanks for the replies, people.
> >> >>
> >> >> My family called it "The Milwaukee Road Station",
> >> too. But
> >> >> I believe at some
> >> >> point, circa 1967(?), the C&NW station on the
> >> lakefront
> >> >> closed and their
> >> >> trains also used the new station on St.Paul
> >> Avenue.
> >> >>
> >> >> So what was it known as during 1969? Was it still
> >> called
> >> >> "The Milwaukee Road
> >> >> Station" by 1969?
> >> >>
> >> >> K.
> >> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> >> From: "Y Marti" <yance at oldmilwaukee.net>
> >> >> To: <milwaukee-electric at lists.dementia.org>;
> >> >> "Gary Schnabl"
> >> >> <gSchnabl at SWDetroit.com>
> >> >> Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 2:40 PM
> >> >> Subject: [milwaukee-electric] Re: Name of the
> >> Milwaukee
> >> >> Train Station During
> >> >> 1969
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> > The picture would have been soon after the
> >> Public
> >> >> Museum was open in 1963.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> > Quoting Gary Schnabl <gSchnabl at SWDetroit.com>:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > This 1950s or 1960s aerial photo just barely
> >> shows the
> >> >> luggage
> >> >> > company, the subway entrance, and some
> >> visible
> >> >> remnants of the PROW
> >> >> > between 7th
> >> >> > and 8th Streets in the right-bottom corner.
> >> Can
> >> >> anybody peg the year of
> >> >> > the photo better than the description on the
> >> retro
> >> >> Milwaukee website?
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