![]() ![]() Some purchased a newspaper or magazine, got their shoes shined or even got a haircut. You could see them jammed at ticket windows, trying to get a quick bite to eat before their train departed, or gathered around the marble-top counters at the soda fountain. Many travelers made their way through Union Station over the years. Another tunnel that runs fourteen blocks north to the bay was used for access to the waterfront. Below Union Station there is a very old and fully stocked bomb shelter and a tunnel that goes under 14th Street which was used to transfer mail from the station to the Erie Post Office. The United States Post Office operated mail service for both the New York Central and Pennsylvania Railroad. Inside the facility, the Grand Concourse and Rotunda played home to the Union News stand, a soda fountain bar, a barber shop and other merchants. To this day it remains a symbol of the railroads’ power and glory in the first half of the twentieth century. Encompassing two city blocks and over 100,000 square feet, the structure exhibited then-popular Art Deco influences such as stylized, geometric detailing executed in terracotta and metal. Constructed by the New York Central Railroad (NYC) at a cost of over three million dollars, Union Station was a modern marvel at the time. It was built to replace Union Depot that occupied the same area from 1865 to 1925. ![]() Building HistoryĮrie’s Union Station was dedicated and opened to the public in grand fashion on December 3rd, 1927. Years later, that’s all still at the heart of what we do. Our philosophy was simple and “C-centric”: CRAFT a great product. Our vision was lofty and ambitious: To help revitalize downtown Erie & the historic Union Station. And along the way, support local people & businesses that support us. So with beer in our blood we set out to create beer that we liked, food that we enjoyed and a space that was unique and unconventional. Finding a local craft beer was an impossible one. Before that time, finding a craft beer downtown was a difficult proposition. The Brewerie opened its doors back in 2006 as Erie’s lone brew pub and restaurant. ![]()
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