At the time of its demolition, the Union Station arcade was listed on the Register of Historic Places. Because Columbus had a pending application for federal transit funds that would have reused the arcade as a transit facility, it should not have been demolished until the federal government had completed review of the application. Because of this violation of federal law, local preservationists were able to get a temporary order to stop the demolition. By that time, however, only the north arch of the arcade remained. Over a three-year period a local nonprofit group was able to move the arch to a new public park. (Jeffrey T. Darbee)