Structural Details and Facilities The building is an island type unit with a loading platform of the saw-tooth design. Its entire structural system, including walls. foundations, floors. beams, concourse platform, and bus driveway is of reinforced concrete design.
EXTERIOR. The front of the building is faced with Indiana lime-stone trimmed in black terra cotta. There is an aluminum marquee over the entrance. A prefabricated expansion joint is continuous between the Concourse and walls, and a continuous expansion joint runs between the driveway and the Concourse. There are concrete steps on either side of the Concourse. A canopy covers the entire loading and unloading platform. Subway gratings are in Front of the Restaurant and Drug Store.
INTERIOR. All walls are of plaster except for the wainscot which is t revered with burlap and painted pink. The ceilings are treated acoustically and decorated in a cream color tone. The Waiting Room has a terrazzo floor divided into 30" squares with composition strips. On one side of the room, close to the Restaurant. is a soda fountain. Opposite the Lobby is the Ticket Office with the Dispatcher's Office behind it. Waiting Room furniture is walnut. This terminal has a total of 58 Parcel checking Locker Cabinets or 232 compartments. They are recessed in the walls of the Waiting Room at several convenient locations, strategically selected so as to avoid congested areas, prevent cross-traffic, and permit free movement of passengers through the Station. For example, one such group of Self-service Lockers is near the Pillow Concession, while two other groups are located on either side of the Ticket Office. 10 cabinets are located in the basement and do not show on the floor plan illustrated on the next page. The right side of the lobby has a barber shop, a passage to the drug store. and a telegraph bureau. On the left. there is a Travel Bureau; a Travelers Aid Office, and a news stand. Metal thresholds are employed in the vestibule. Lighting throughout the building is fluorescent. The Restaurant is the same as the Waiting Room, except that the furnishings are leather and chrome metal with a dark brown color scheme. Its seating capacity is approximately 95. Tile floors and base are used in the toilets. In the Lounge dark brown is the color scheme with leather and chrome chairs completing the furnishing. The building's heating system, located in the basement. is forced air and steam with all radiators recessed.
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