![]() They’re also considering how the project could affect the existing Maybrook trail in New York, which Danbury hopes to connect to, Galloway said. Researchers have found multiple areas where the railroad crosses wetlands and is near other water resources, while there are residential and other noise-sensitive land uses directly adjacent to the corridor. A battery-powered or electrified light-rail vehicle would also take 111 minutes. The least expensive option is a shuttle that takes riders from Danbury to Southeast, which would cut the estimated time to Grand Central to 111 minutes. With a full-service electric train line, it would take an estimated 104 minutes, compared to 122 minutes now, to get to Grand Central Terminal in midtown Manhattan, said Matrin Hull, with WSP. Various infrastructure improvements would be needed depending on the plan. The study considers the type of rail service and how often. “Those long-distance travelers coming from east of Danbury or north of Danbury and then traveling to Brewster or Southeast are consuming a lot of miles, so giving them the opportunity to shorten that trip had a very significant impact on the number of miles that were reduced,” he said. Researchers found a significant number of people traveling through the area from as far east as Waterbury, Galloway said. The study explores the effects of the project on jobs, congestion, recreation and ease of travel. “It's really certainly something that is tremendous, and really I feel something that we can use as a model for our nation,” said Vincent Tamagna, project manager with Putnam County The capital and operational costs will be determined in the next phase of the study. ![]() Key elements that relate to the heritage value of Union Station include: the use of classical elements on a heroic scale the spatial relationship between its main components, including the domed central rotunda, the north and south wings, and the sub-grade passenger tunnel the classicism expressed in the combination of monumental entrance with plainer, set-back wings the monumentality of the main entrance, achieved by: a large, classically detailed arch, flanking columns, and dome above the form and detailing of the north and south wings, including the arrangement of paired windows of decreasing height under a broad cornice, the richly detailed ground-floor windows, and the ornate, metal-framed canopies over secondary entrances the use of Tyndall limestone on the building’s exterior its symmetrical arrangement and axial plan expressed as an interior sequencing of spaces around a central atrium, with the route to the passenger tunnel and platforms behind the passenger tunnel as a significant functional feature of a multi-track, through station interior views from the gallery over the rotunda the Beaux-Arts decorative treatment of the principal interior public spaces, including railings, fixtures, wainscotting, grilles, mouldings and finishes its siting at the foot of Broadway Avenue.Reopening the line is a priority for officials in Danbury and Putnam County, N.Y., and could be funded through the federal infrastructure package approved last month. Source: Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada, Minute, June 1976. ![]() The siting of the building also reflects the principles of Beaux-Arts urban design and a consciousness of the physical environment typical of the City Beautiful movement. Built in 1908-11 to the designs of the New York architectural firm of Warren and Wetmore, Union Station is one of the finest examples of a Beaux-Arts-style railway station in Canada. As a joint venture between the CNR, the National Transcontinental Railway (NTR), the GTPR) and the Dominion government, the construction of Union Station/Winnipeg Railway Station expressed the confidence of both the railway industry and government in the continued growth of the West. Its heritage value is illustrated by the extent, layout, materials and design of the station building. ![]() Union Station/Winnipeg Railway Station was designated a national historic site of Canada in 1976 because it was one of Western Canada’s largest railway stations, built for the Grand Trunk Pacific (GTPR) and the Canadian Northern (CNR) railways in the Beaux-Arts style. ![]()
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