Union Station Had So Many Possibilities

Having visited the old Union Station railroad depots in Kansas City and St. Louis in the last few years, I think it’s a shame that forward thinkers in Cedar Rapids didn’t keep the old Union Station here. What got me thinking about that was today’s Ramblin’ column in The Gazette where we visited with Dick [...]

Wild About Collecting

Todd Sabin, as you learned in my Ramblin’ column in today’s Gazette, loves to collect memorabilia from his hometown, Cedar Rapids. He has the minute hand from the long-gone clock at Union Station, a thermometer from a 1920s car rental company and a variety of advertising vehicles that include bottle openers, paper weights, ash trays, rulers, yard [...]

The Fourth Street tracks and more

Today’s Ramblin’ about a diorama of the Fourth Street tracks running through Cedar Rapids in 1954 didn’t really bring back memories for me, since I was born in 1953. But maybe it brings back memories for you or at least some reflection.
It certainly did for me, since I’ve written about the brightly lighted green and yellow ear [...]