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

[Ken and Tracie]

Yeah, slang name, or whatever most locals may have called it.

K.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Allan" <lallan45 at gmail.com>
To: <milwaukee-electric at lists.dementia.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 8:37 AM
Subject: [milwaukee-electric] Re: Name of the Milwaukee Train Station During 
1969


> Ken, are you thinking of a Slang Name, such as the old Mecca complex that
> was know as the "Big Video Recorder"?
> On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 10:30 AM, Larry Allan <lallan45 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> No, I do not recall. I could only suggest doing a search of the Google 
>> News
>> Archives.
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 10:22 AM, Ken and Tracie <
>> ktjosephson at embarqmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Larry, would you know what most locals called the new station by 1969?
>>>
>>> K.
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Larry Allan" <lallan45 at gmail.com>
>>> To: <milwaukee-electric at lists.dementia.org>
>>> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 8:20 AM
>>> Subject: [milwaukee-electric] Re: Name of the Milwaukee Train Station
>>> During
>>> 1969
>>>
>>>
>>> >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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