Here are some things that I discovered while updating the Bus Station section at my website this week. I’ll also include some other recent noteworthy events which I knew about but maybe you didn’t.
The Salinas, CA station’s neon signs were removed within the last year or so. Unlikely that they were saved:
In Evansville, IN, the station’s neon was relit in June. A Bru Burger Bar will be opening in the building soon:
http://archive.courierpress.com/news/facing-the-future/historic-greyhounds-new-tenant-to-be-revealed-tuesday-21ec3f2d-2a9f-11fc-e053-0100007f6779-332136132.html
My photo from 2006 before the major restoration took place:
The Paducah, KY station closed in 2010 and I got this photo just before the sign was painted over:
The Paducah Beer Werks opened in the building in 2015 with an adapted sign [photo by Michael B. at Yelp]
The Billings, MT Greyhound station closed in 2014. One of my photos from 2006:
Last year, the building was renovated and the sign was adapted for the new occupant: the Pub Station. [photo from Google Street View]
This gorgeous Union Bus Station building in Oklahoma City was demolished earlier this year — my photo from 2011:
Supposedly some of the vitrolite glass tiles and the sign were saved and may reappear at some point. Maybe.
The former Greyhound station in Dyersburg, TN got a new tenant last year. Here’s one of my photos from 2007:
It housed a Domino’s Pizza for awhile after that. And now it’s housing the Bus Stop restaurant [photo Google Street View]:
The former Tri-State Coach Bus Station in Big Stone Gap, VA got a paint job about a year or so ago. Here’s how it looked in 2010:
Here’s how it looks now [Google Street View]:
And, lastly, not such recent news since the restoration was completed in 2010 — but I think it merits including. This station in Blytheville, AR closed around 2001. The restoration work was extensive — here’s one of my photos from 2007:
and here’s what the building looks like today as the tourist info center [credit Google Street View]:
If you’re hungry for more Bus Stations, here’s that section at my website:
http://www.roadarch.com/bus/1.html
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