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I took my three drawings of Union Station and combined them into this poster. Colored pencil art drawn from my dad's photos taken in 1946 and from the John C Wyatt Herald-Leader Library.

Built in 1905, Stanford White of New York and Richards, McCarty & Buford of Columbus, Ohio, designed the new terminal. The terminal fronted two hundred twenty-five feet on Main Street and was set back one hundred twenty-five feet. The exterior was built with red and yellow brick, with green and red glass. The lobby was located in the center rotunda (fifty by eighty feet, with a central dome fifty feet high), with a Roman arch ceiling and six oak waiting benches. Off the lobby were the “ladies’ retiring rooms,” which included a dressing room and toilets for the women passengers. In addition, off the lobby were the “men’s smoking rooms,” which included washroom, toilets and smoking room. On the east end of the lobby were the separate “colored waiting rooms,” with a separate...

``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` As an artist, one of my thoughts on creating is by taking objects, let us say a car, a building or a landscape and presenting the possibilities visually of what could be. The ability to visualize your thoughts is a powerful tool for creativity and free to everyone. Emotion, beauty, intelligence and grace are the balance point for my art, whether it is a fantasy drawing, realistic or somewhere in between. I am a multicolored point of light on a journey through time. A full container of expectations leaves no room for possibilities....