Went to a meeting this morning, but I also took a brief walk back in time

I had the opportunity to go into what is incorrectly referred to as the Old Union Station building down on Saint John Street this morning for a meeting, what a neat old building. I would have loved to have seen it as a train station. I want to go back just to photograph, but here is one Photograph that I did get after my meeting.

The building at 222 Saint John Street was not the station itself, but it was the Maine Central Railroad General Office Building.  The station was next door (where Maine hardware is now) and it was torn down in 1961 so a lame strip mall (that now sits half empty) could be built.  The demolition of the station irked some Portlanders, and that is what started the preservation movement in Portland, and the creation of Greater Portland Landmarks.