Passenger Trains > Weird Window Wednesday

Let's look through (or at least, look AT) some windows in Kansas City:

1). It's a dreary day outside, but if we pull back the drapes on the hotel window, we can see Amtrak's Southwest Chief making his station stop a block or so away. A good bit of the gloom is the result of filthy windows (on a pretty expensive hotel). 

2). Now it's not only dreary, but raining. But the window on the pedestrian walkway is much cleaner, and we can see the KC Streetcar at the end of its run, near Union Station. 

3). Once it stops raining, we can stroll around a bit outside, in search of a train or streetcar shot with that iconic Western Auto sign in the background. The windows on a nearby office building offer an oddball view. 

---

---

---

march_hare Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Let's look through (or at least, look AT) some
> windows in Kansas City:
>
> 1). It's a dreary day outside, but if we pull back
> the drapes on the hotel window, .... A good bit of the gloom is the
> result of filthy windows (on a pretty expensive
> hotel). 

The general manager of this hotel must be Stephen J. Gardner.

Hadn't thought to check out whether Amtrak was managing the hotel. Dirty windows, bad room service, algae growing on the masonry around the indoor courtyard, hmmm. 

But it was a memorably bad experience, except for the trains. 

march_hare Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> result of filthy windows (on a pretty expensive
> hotel). 

Hey, somebody's gotta pay for the excellent view of the Western Auto landmark.
/Ted

I would gladly have contributed $2.75 (full retail at the local convenience store, no tax exemption) for a big bottle of Windex. But I was on the 11th or 12th floor. 

At one point, I told the camera to focus on the window itself. Results attached. 

Disclosure: I may have posted this one previously. 

---

What hotel is this? I've frequently stayed at hotels in the area. I've always enjoyed meals at Jack Stack's and Pierponts (in the station). 

I have to ask --- is photo #3 reversed?

stayed there myself for RPA meeting in 2023. Yes, grand hotel, but dirty windows.

Well, I'll bet the hotel is the Sheraton Crown Center, but maybe the Westin Crown Center. Both give great views.

I took this one in 1995 from the Westin.

B&O Bill

---

kgrantly Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> I have to ask --- is photo #3 reversed?

No, it's a photo of a reflection in an office building window. 

I like KCY, having spent a bit of time there getting the cream of the pics. Go the Chiefs, I can feel a threepeat coming on.