The Waiting Room is a photograph by Chris Lord which was uploaded on September 16th, 2014.
Title
The Waiting Room
Artist
Chris Lord
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
The waiting room at Hoboken Railroad Station.
Photographed with the Sony A6000 with Sony 10-18mm f/4 OSS Alpha E-mount Wide-Angle Zoom Lens, processed with Lightroom and Photoshop CC
Hoboken Terminal is one of the New York metropolitan area’s major transportation hubs. The commuter-oriented intermodal facility is located on the Hudson River in Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. It is served by nine New Jersey Transit (NJT) commuter rail lines, one Metro-North Railroad line, various NJT buses and private bus lines, the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail, the Port Authority Trans Hudson (PATH) rapid transit system and NY Waterway-operated ferries. More than 50,000 people use the terminal daily.
Designed by architect Kenneth M. Murchison in the Beaux-Arts style, the rail and ferry terminal buildings were constructed in 1907 by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. The terminal building is listed on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places and the National Register of Historic Places (added in 1973 as #73001102 as the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad and Ferry Terminal).
The large main waiting room, with its floral and Greek Revival motifs in tiled stained glass by Louis Comfort Tiffany set atop bands of pale cement, is generally considered one of the finest in the U.S. aesthetically. The terminal exterior extends to over four stories and has a distinguished copper-clad façade with ornate detailing. Its single-story base is constructed of rusticated Indiana limestone. A grand double stair with decorative cast-iron railings within the main waiting room provides an entrance to the upper-level ferry concourse.
Hoboken Terminal, like Hoboken itself, is a place of “firsts”. One year before his death, Thomas Edison was at the controls for the first departure, in 1930, of a regular-service electric multiple unit train from Hoboken Terminal to Montclair, New Jersey. The first installation of central air-conditioning in a public space was at Hoboken Terminal, as was the first non-experimental use of mobile phones.
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September 16th, 2014
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Chris Lord
Many many thanks to STEVE BRESLOW for kindly awarding a FEATURE to this in the group "URBAN IMAGES". Cheers Steve, that's greatly appreciated
Chris Lord
I'm honored and delighted by JOUKO LEHTO's kindness in awarding a FEATURE to this image in the group "ART FROM THE PAST" Thanks much Jouko, I'm very grateful.
Chris Lord
I'm delighted to mention that LUTHER FINE ART has awarded a feature to this one in the group "WAITING ROOM ART" My sincere thanks, this feature is very much appreciated.
Chris Lord
I'm delighted and thrill to mention that MARIA WALL has graciously awarded a FEATURE to this image in the group "THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S CAFE" Many thanks Maria, that's much appreciated
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