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Title: Union Station Plans Updated
Description: Article describing the efforts of Senator Thomas Eagleton and Mayor Charles B. Wheeler, among others, towards "restoration of the Union Station and the development of a major science museum within the great hall, federal office space in the wings of that building and a new IRS facility to be constructed on land adjoining the station."
Date: 1978-08
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Union Station: A Terminal Case?
Description: Article about the plans for future use of Union Station, in light of its decreasing use by Amtrak and the Kansas City Terminal Railway Company as a railroad station.
Date: 1979-07
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Editorial--Union Station: A Modest Proposal
Description: Editorial proposing the preservation of Union Station by way of reuse as "a first-rate Museum of Science."
Date: 1984-01
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: The Continuing Saga of Union Station
Description: Article about the near-demolition of Union Station and plans for its adaptive reuse.
Date: 1985-11
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: End of the Line for Union Station?
Description: Article about the "inevitable departure of The [sic] Kansas City Terminal Raily Co. from Union Station." Discussion of other uses for the "oversized terminal building," including a "Science Museum" and aquarium.
Date: 1983-09
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Union Station Museum Levy--November 8: Vote Yes!
Description: Announcement of a vote for a levy facilitating the placement of a "Science Museum at Union Station," connected with the Kansas City Museum, with photo.
Date: 1977-10
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Say-So: Union Station Lays Tracks into Future
Description: Article about the plans to preserve and renovate Union Station, with photos and illustrations, into a potential science museum and public transportation hub.
Date: 1997-08
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Union Station: Great Landmark Sits Empty, Lifeless and Deteriorating while Hope Waits in the Wings
Description: History of Union Station as a railroad station replacing Union Depot, severely damaged in the 1903 flood. Discussion of the litigation over its future uses and owners.
Date: 1991
Object Type: Magazine Article