Though long neglected and showing its age, the Columbus Union Station arcade retained most of its elegant Beaux-Arts design until its demolition in 1976. A product of the late nineteenth century, Beaux-Arts classicism drew its inspiration from the architecture of Greece and Rome and was the accepted style for the monumental public buildings of the “City Beautiful” movement. The Union Station arcade was Columbus’s sole effort in that movement. (Jeffrey T. Darbee)