With 44 platforms and serving approximately 750,000 commuters and visitors a day, this national historic landmark is one of the busiest terminals in the world. It was reborn as the Beaux Arts building of today in 1913.

The roof is made from cedar, willow and tulip poplar seeds, and the horizontal elements from willow, date sticks, oak bark, cattails, reeds and turkeytail fungus.

Best to view in "Original" because other versions resized by Pbase are decidedly unsharp.

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We went to the United States Botanic Garden’s Season’s Greenings exhibit titled “All Aboard,” which showcases historic train stations from around the country made almost entirely from plant materials.

This is the third time we’ve attended the exhibit, with a different theme every year. The conservatory also always features national landmarks from Washington, D.C., which I didn’t photograph this year (with the exception of the US Capitol and the new Union Station model) and which can be seen at the end of last year’s gallery http://www.pbase.com/helenpb/america_return_washington_2_botanic

Keeping an eye out, posted earlier: