Talk:King Street Station

message: I found out that mayor Greg Nickels bought this station for only $1. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003440899_kingstreet21m.html Bigtop 01:12, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  SOLD for $1 

message: Might be worth mentioning, if someone can find citations: the station appears prominently in two films. Bruce Geller's Harry in Your Pocket centers around a pickpocket who works King Street Station. (In fact, here is a citation on that one). Also, in Alan Rudolph's Trouble in Mind (1985), which makes wonderfully weird use of Seattle (e.g. the art museum in Volunteer Park is a mobster's mansion), the tower of King Street station is Keith Carradine's lair. The latter only has a stub article at the moment; it certainly could use an article, if only to guide non-Seattleites through the warped geography. - Jmabel | Talk 18:05, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  In film 

message: Concerning edits by User:Bachcell, I appreciate the interior images you contributed.  They are well lit and contrast the work that has been done to restore areas of the station with work yet to be done.  No other images I have found on Wikipedia or Wikimedia Commons illustrate the interior restoration work better.  Thanks for those.
What I found of less value in Bachcell's original posting to the article were the following two sentences:  
"The station is close to downtown, but it is not near the intercity bus terminal. The upper entrance is not used, while the main entrance on the first floor is at a dead-end road."
Why include reference to what the station is 'not' located near?  It also isn't in close proximity to Sea-Tac Airport, the Seattle Center Monorail, etc.  One could name other transport infrastructures King Street Station is NOT near.  My rationale for this argument is similar to the argument submitted concerning the roof tiles (See above).  For this reason I removed the reference to the station not being located near the intercity bus terminal from Bachcell's original contribution. 
On the other hand I preserved Bachcell's reference to the station being close to downtown.  I just moved it to the lead paragraph where the location was described.  I felt this to be an appropriate consolidation.
I dispute "the upper entrance is not used..."  I believe, the entrance Bachcell refers to is the entrance that faces north on the level of the parking lot off South Jackson Street.  Unless changed recently, this is the access point to the station for pedestrians coming from the Metro Transit Tunnel and other points north of the station.  Therefore, I removed this statement.  My opinion is that this entrance in its current configuration is an awful way to enter a grand train station--but I'm not willing to say that this entrance is not used until others confirm its inaccessibility.   
I retained the reference to the main entrance on the first floor being at the end of a dead-end street.  I just reworded that and put it in the 'Architecture' section saying, "The clock tower and main entry terminate the axis of King Street in Pioneer Square."
This is how I disposed of the paragraph as posted, originally.  Since then (yesterday), Bachcell has inserted the following paragraph at the end of the 'History' section:
"From a practical standpoint, the station is close to downtown. However, unlike cities such as Boston, it is not near the intercity bus terminal. What appears to be an upper entrance is not used. The main entrance on the first floor is at a dead-end road, rather than providing a loop." 
So as not to enter into an editorial scuffle, I will forgo revisions to this paragraph to allow other editors an opportunity to judge and apply any edits they feel appropriate for themselves.  It will also allow Bachcell an opportunity to review my comments concerning her/his original edits and post a response if he/she should so choose. --Ltvine | Talk 21:17, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[User:Bachcell|Bachcell's]] Edits 

message: So far I haven't been able to get an answer to my question from either the photographer, or the main WPTrains talk page, so I'm posting it in the image; ----DanTD (talk) 23:49, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: It sure looks like King Street to me. With the bridge in the backround and Superliner cars the next platform over, as well as the colors, that's what it should be. Joshuadkelley (talk) 02:46, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Images revisited 

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message: I know Google maps is not always accurate, but FYI, the site places King Street Station within the boundaries of SoDo, not Pioneer Square. Might be worth double checking the "boundaries" of these two districts. ---Another Believer (Talk) 16:34, 1 June 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Seattle has no official neighborhood boundaries. I don't think anyone local would call the station part of SoDo, since it's not as disconnected from downtown. SounderBruce 18:00, 1 June 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: TBH, I associate KSS with C-ID, but I'm a new kid on the block. ---Another Believer (Talk) 18:12, 1 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  SoDo