The nineteenth century introduced more new building types than any other century. Chief among these was the railroad station. There were no historical precedents and architects had to figure out what these buildings should look like. Railroad stations were also major urban interventions, often completely remaking whole major parts of cities. Finally, as portals to cities, the stations were expected to be more than utilitarian: they were meant to be beautiful and uplifting. Illustrated lectures will survey the history of railroad stations around the world, including such classics as London’s St. Pancras, the Gare d’Orsay in Paris, Helsinki Central Station, the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Mumbai, and many others — including New York’s own Pennsylvania Station and Grand Central Terminal. Also look at many smaller railroad stations in a broad survey of a type of building we are all still drawn to in the age of jet planes and Waymo.
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