Union Station's $22M Skylight
I go through Union Station everyday that I'm downtown for work, but I very rarely go through the Great Hall. Most of Union Station is gross, but it is slowly improving - starting with the unveiling of the renovation to the Great Hall. I took this photo last week showing off the new (costly!) skylight and you can see a little bit of scaffolding in the upper reaches of the Hall. From the Tribune : Union Station’s Great Hall, a stopping point for millions of travelers since 1925, is a lot brighter this holiday season, thanks to a $22 million renovation of its skylight and decorative walls and ceiling. The centerpiece of the Great Hall is the 219-foot-long skylight rising 115 feet above the floor. For almost a year, the skylight has been obscured by a suspended working deck as Berglund Construction and architect Goettsch Partners repaired it and added another modern, protective skylight 5 feet above the original. Natural light in the Great Hall has no...