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   hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com to Adam H. Kerman   
   Re: Amtrak South Bend, Ind. station?   
   18 Aug 14 17:31:18   
   
   On Monday, August 18, 2014 6:01:13 PM UTC-4, Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
      
   > It's just concrete block but functional, with an   
   > Amtrak ticket agency, heated and air conditioned and a lot nicer than   
   > having no station at all.   
      
   Thanks for the info.   
      
   In South Shore books, there are a number of pictures of the station building,   
   but it doesn't look very inviting--covered with security bars and looking like   
   a police station or jail.  Ugly concrete block.   
      
   In some pictures of the waning days of the actual South Shore station, the   
   neighborhood looks like it had seen better days.  In google streetview today,   
   the area looks deserted, with some buildings torn down, and others converted   
   to social service uses.   
      
   (Unfortunately, a lot of neighborhoods that were once served by a key   
   streetcar or interurban terminal do not look very good today as compared to   
   the 1950s, when they were commercially much more vibrant.  Sad.)   
      
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