Posted on 11/14/2022 1:18:56 PM PST by C19fan
Union Station had as many as 100 stores more than two decades ago. It’s down to about 40 retailers and eateries while more than half its commercial space sits vacant.
Calls for fire and emergency services show the range of problems at the station, including drug and alcohol intoxication, overdoses and assaults. Meanwhile, foot traffic remains well below pre-pandemic levels, with Metro and commuter rail traffic roughly halved, even as Amtrak reaches more solid footing.
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Our local Mall is about dead.
It was once the busiest shopping center for 50 miles around.
Now it’s being talked about being torn down for condos...............
It would take actions which liberals would oppose, such as sweeping out homeless, and having the police presence as you mention.
I’m glad I went to Union Station several times when it was nice.
There was some place there that had melt-in-your-mouth cannolis. And it was just a neat place to wander around.
I haven’t visited the DC area since 2015, and although I have family and friends there, I don’t have any desire to go back there.
I was in and out of Union Station a few times back in the late 80’s and early 90’s. Not much since then.
I like riding Amtrak and would take it down to Richmond or a Metroliner up to Philadelphia.
It’s been a long time but I remember the place as looking really nice. IIRC, the neighborhood around there wasn’t too bad either.
Too bad to see it’s fallen on hard times.
Why not dump truckloads of taxpayer money on it? That usually does a lot of good.
Problem is that DC government sucks. Bowser is a complete asshat as Mayor. And the DC/NYC/Boston elite funnel through Union Station and don’t care.
Democrat controlled. city , did they expect some other outcome ?
i thought they were talking about union station in L.A. It’s still “ok” and not as bad as NYC’s.
If only there were someone who could take charge with vision and the ability to get things done, like, for example Donald Trump...
Many of the malls in my area have been torn down and then built up with fancy stores and restaurants on the first floor and condos up top.
But the roads between the various buildings are narrow and lots of pedestrians, and very little parking. I think they are designed more for the residents of the condos than for “outsiders”.
I can’t stand them because they are so crowded and confined. Most of the inhabitants are Asian it seems, so they probably view it as quaint with their 2,000 sf condos in 5-story buildings crammed together rather than their former living conditions with a 400 sf home in a 50-story building crammed together.
I could care less about Union Station or any other shxthole city with drug, alcohol and crime problems. They get what they voted for so they can live with the problems they voted for and aren’t allowed to bitch.
......Calls for fire and emergency services show the range of problems at the station, including drug and alcohol intoxication, overdoses and assaults.
Could it be there might be a connection between these things. Is it even possible??
I remember seeing Union Station as a kid. I just stood there with my mouth hanging open, awestruck.
Back in the late ‘70s the Hyatt next door hosted CPAC. That was back in the day when Ronald Reagan was the featured final banquet speaker, John Ashbrook was the keynote speaker, and also featured were Phil Crane, Larry McDonald, M. Stanton Evans, Phillis Schlafly, Bob Dornan, Jesse Helms, Henry Hyde, Steve Symms, James Buckley, and more. From Capitol Hill neighborhoods one could easily walk to Union Station and the Hyatt. DC as a whole was much nicer then.
When I lived in Columbia, MD I liked to visit Union Station whenever I was in DC. It was nice, and there were lots of neat shops and eateries. The last time I was there was in the summer of 2012, when I was retired and high-tailed it back to Oregon, where I grew up.
Rural Oregon is still loads better than Maryland or DC. The Linn County sheriff has even announced that she will not enforce the new draconian state gun laws voted in by Portlandia.
Malls, discount centers, buffets, all obsolete.
You can’t put stuff on display where the feral animals can just walk in and help themselves.
Years ago DC wanted to have a slogan, so they asked the folks.
My favorite didn’t win.
“Washington DC A work free drug place.”
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