[PRCo] Re: Wabash Terminal

[Edward H. Lybarger]

The Wabash Terminal sat where Gateway 4 is today.  The first three Gateway
buildings were built much earlier than the fourth, so the 1955 date may not
count.  I distinctly remember it's being torn down, but do not remember the
exact date.  But I think it may have been in that 1955-56 time frame.  It
strikes me that Gateway 4 opened in the '60s, though.

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Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 5:01 PM
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Subject: [PRCo] Re: Wabash Terminal


It had to be gone by 1955 because I was in the P&WV Gateway Center offices
in April of that year.  I was also in the old P&WV terminal offices in the
early 1950s, after the shed had been torn down.  Have you looked at  Stefan
Lorant's book?  If you are simply looking for a confirmation that the
office building lasted after the 1946 train shed fire, I can personally
confirm that.

Bob Rathke wrote:

> Does anyone know when the Wabash Terminal building was torn down?  It was
located on what is now called Stanwix St., and today Four Gateway Center is
on the site.
> Carnegie Library and other sources state that the 9-track trainshed and
part of the 11-story building were destoryed by two fires in 1946 - the
first on March 6, and the second fire on March 22.  The closing of the
terminal is recognized as the beginning of the development of Gateway
Center.
>
> Four Gateway Center opened in 1960.  Although the trainshed was removed in
the 1940's, some sources say that the Terminal building wasn't torn down
until 1953 or 1955.  I always thought that the building was demolished in
the late 40's.  Can anyone confirm this?
>
> Bob 4/9/04