In the 1890s it completely rebuilt its mainline from New Haven to New York, doubling its width to four tracks and separating these tracks from local streets. Now we add a bit of world history, economic factors, a local disaster, and a judicial milestone.Īs the New Haven Railroad approached building a new station in 1910, it was coming off nearly 20 years of massive investment in its infrastructure. So far our nutshell contains a building, a master plan, an assessment of transportation options, references to turn of the twentieth century planning and architecture trends, and references to national and European urban precedents. A post card exists, sent in 1913 of this rendering one might infer, given this design made it to print, that this was the preferred design. There is a suggestion that the former design was the one favored.
Both have three monumental arches announcing the grand waiting room beyond. The second was a Colonial Revival edifice in brick with white Doric paired pilasters rising from a rusticated base and supporting a strong cornice. One was a muscular, rusticated stone Beaux Arts monument. His intent was clear from his sketches.Īnd what did he intend for the station? Well we have two suggestions. At that point, a boulevard (Parisian or McMillan Plan Washington D.C., take your pick) would lead to a terminal forecourt before the not yet designed Union Station. completed a Civic Improvement Plan, the central feature of which, in the City Beautiful tradition, was a monumental cranked axis leading from the Green via Temple Street to a Parisian-style plaza just about where Temple crossed old Oak Street. Gilbert had been thinking about New Haven since 1907–8 when the Library was designed and built.
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