Amtrak celebrates Chicago Union Station 100th anniversary
The transit hub was dubbed "America's finest railroad terminal" back in 1925 and Monday afternoon Amtrak will unveil a new art exhibition to mark its centennial.
They will also look ahead to the station's future. In the past few years, Union Station has seen $70 million in renovations and upgrades.
Union Station was designed by famed architect Daniel Burnham. It took 10 years to build and cost $75 million at the time, which is equivalent to about $1 billion in today's dollars. It is the third-busiest station in the entire country, the fourth-busiest owned by Amtrak.
The station moves more than 3 million Amtrak passengers and 35 million Metra riders each year.
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