Jishnu Mukerji  wrote:   
   > On 8/18/2014 8:31 PM, hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > All I can say is that the area around the station has seen worse days   
   > than now. I have traveled to SOB pretty much at least once every other   
   > year by the Lake Shore or the Cap for the last 20 or so years, and have   
   > seen the area around the station first decline and hit bottom and then   
   > slowly start to recover.   
      
   I'm not sure about recovery, per se. The west side of my hometown has lost   
   most of its industry and a lot of its population. They have made a lot of   
   progress in clearing vacant buildings, which is good (adaptive reuse would   
   have been even better, but probably not realistic), but not much is showing   
   up to fill in the spaces.   
      
   Dan   
      
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