Post #397255 by bigbrotiki on Mon, Jul 28, 2008 10:40 PM

...and here is what I photographed today, when I picked up a friend at Union Station:

Now luckily the 1939 grandeur of Union Station has been widely appreciated, and its not going away soon. But fewer folks know about the original, authentic 30s streamline restaurant next door:

...and its bar:

..which have been standing empty and have not been operated for decades, and are only rented out for film shoots and events. Supposedly this was the last one of Fred Harvey's Harvey House Restaurants built. A great time warp.

Here is an example of a Harvey sign caught just in time:

Harvey House sign in Beloit, WI just off of I-90. This sign sat for years in disrepair before being dismantled a few weeks after photo was taken in the summer of 2006.