Seattle's newly restored King Street Station

That's very nice but what about the Milwaukee Station that just sits to the right. It's still boarded up and falling apart. Don

Thanks for the link. That is one beautiful station!! It's great to see one city after another realising the value of rehabilitating these amazing buildings.

Hi Don,  You are correct, there is another train station across the street, Union Station, that served the Milwaukee Road and Union Pacific.  The property has been restored as well.  The amazing Paul Allen, also developed an office complex next door, which is across the street from both King Street Station and the Seahawks football stadium.  THe main hall is available for events, like weddings, etc, but I am not 100% sure if its open to the general public.

Thanks for the info. When we took the train trip from the bay area to Seattle and saw that boarded up station it was so sad. Paul Allan is a wonderful guy that does amazing things with his money. He redid the old Cinerama theater in Seattle so they can show the original three strip Cinerama films. Don

Beautiful. I like to see the grand old stations/depots restored and re-used. I was up there in 2007 and don't recall too much about the station interior. When did they start the restoration?

That is really nice, Thanks.

Thanks for sharing!  It is great to see this one restored.  I took the Empire Builder to King St. Station in the late 1970s.  Seattle is a beautiful city where I hope to visit again and will be sure to take the train!  Thanks also for the link to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer article.  In reading the article, they put enough steel in the building to make a 20 story high rise to protect it from damage by earthquakes.

Thanks for posting the News on the King Street Station.

It's nice to see it back it to it's original splendor.

 

My first train ride  back in 1957 began at the King Street Station.

Rode the GN Empire Builder from Seattle to a small town/station

in Minnesota and back again.

My last train trip to & from Seattle & King Street Station,  was over

a Christmas Break while I was away in college during the 70's.  

That was after they "modernized" the station.

 

Dave  

My son just got a job in Seattle so I look forward to seeing it in person.

Seattle looks like a great place.

Great station in a great city

Thanks for the photos.  Nice.    The station was "in the process" when I was through there, gosh I guess it's nearly three years ago now.

One of my favorite Cities   Great station