From: jishnu@nospam.verizon.net

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.

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