LIGHT SHOW

I mentioned that we spent the night before our departure to Chicago at the Union Station Hotel. What it calls the Grand Hall has a barrel vault ceiling, elaborately restored. From 5 until 10 PM, there is a light show on the hour, lasting perhaps 5 minutes. These are but a few samples.                  

ALLEGORY OF THE RAILROADS

I’ll continue with images from our trip to Chicago until something else comes along. In its day, St. Louis Union Station was the busiest in the country. With the advent of air travel and the Interstate highways, rail travel went into great decline. Union Station became decrepit and empty. More recently, it has been gloriously transformed into a fine hotel and something of a small amusement park. This window is an allegory of the American railroads, with San Francisco on the left, St. Louis in the center and New York on the right.                      

CITY DAILY PHOTO AUGUST THEME - SWEETS

A cotton candy vendor at a St. Louis parade. Our health secretary Kennedy would tell you the spun sugar is poison. My granddaughter would tell you he’s nuts. She would be right on both counts.