Rouse & Garden 
THE NEW UNION STATION 
PITTSBURGH 
might be often and happily adopted, now 
that the abolition of grade crossings is so 
widely demanded, and it need not interfere 
with the convenience of traffic. The car¬ 
riage approach can be lifted by grade; and 
if the van approach, continued at street level, 
be carried under the terrace to the basement 
of the station, there will be a considerable 
gain from various points of view. As to 
civic esthetics, it should be clear that in a 
large city the dignity of town and station, 
not a little endangered by the “ glorified 
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