"An engrossing book. A rich and extraordinary interesting account of the buildings themselves and of one aspect of the interaction of culture and technology. The many illustrations are a joy." Scientific American This profusely illustrated book chronicles the evolution of the architecture of the railroad station in both Europe and America from the 1930s and 1950s. It begins with the earliest train-sheds and follows the progress of station design to the great structures erected in the Victorian Era London's Charing Cross Station (1862 64) and Berlin's Anhalter Bahnhof (1872 80) among...
"An engrossing book. A rich and extraordinary interesting account of the buildings themselves and of one aspect of the interaction of culture and tech...
