Union Square
The Union Terminal moves millions of people a year making it the second busiest terminal in Mexico. Even though the island is small, the economy is good enough that people take vacation every so often and the Union Station delivers those people to the La Corte Int. Airport. The Terminal was built in 1924 with only 2 rails. Over time 6 more were added underground. Now the 4 trains use the two rails aboveground and only stop at the La Corte Airport, and La Cotre making a full circle to the island. The Union Terminal had a metal roof above the rails but in 1996 it was torn down due to rust and collapsing parts so it was replaced with a blue, clear roof that allows more natural light to get into the station. In 2006 a plan was approved to make a tunnel almost 300 kilometers long which would connect the city to Mainland Mexico which would increase the # of riders and decrease the waiting time in the La Corte Airport. The plan would also add 2 new underground rails which would transport people from West Point to Guadalajara then Mexico.
Main Entrance:
Inside:
The Complex includes several Towers built between 1919 and 1926. The tallest one is the Terminal Tower which is 577 feet to the top of the spire. The Terminal Tower was built for the 1926 Worlds Fair but was finished in 1919. The plan was to built the tallest tower in the city until the West Point Tower some blocks away beat the Terminal Tower a year later at 621 feet tall.
The Complex was built over several years but includes The Hotel, Union Terminal, Terminal Tower, Water Tower (offices for water usage in city), and the Electric Building (used to control the electricity in the city).
MoMa
MoMa was built in 2005 to expand the West Point Art Museum. The W.P. MoMa contains modern art pieces and is connected to the West Point Art Museum (which is mostly pre-nineteen hundreds art) by a tunnel. The main piece of MoMa is a giant room elevated above the Plaza de La Artes (Plaza of Arts). The room is supported by giant beams colored in red, orange, blue, yellow, and green.
To the left of the image you can see the W.P. Museum of Art which is going major remodeling after a beam collapsed in the main dome causing critical roof failure:
The Historic District Now: