Do you think this building should be saved? If so, what should they do with it?

@RailPreserver2K

4 жыл бұрын

I'd love to see it made into a railroad museum personally

@adamtereska8734

4 жыл бұрын

If salvageable, they repurpose it into anything other than letting it rot. Train museum would work nicely, office space, anything is better than letting it rot.

@mountainwoman5713

4 жыл бұрын

Yes . Saved and used for anything is better then letting it fall down .

@FeatheredLife

4 жыл бұрын

Yes it should be saved.

@FeatheredLife

4 жыл бұрын

That high tower back in the day was used as look out for watching for the next train.

Back in the mid 80's, while living in Wilkes-Barre, I was hired as a location/talent scout for a film company out of New York City. At that time the place was impeccably restored and managed by the Roth Family. There were train cars attached to the station (dining cars with exceptional food) and across from it period train cars (hotel rooms) beautifully decorated in the style of the 1890's. I booked the hotel cars for the film crew and they were overwhelmed by the place. It was at that time a beautifully restored and elegant facility. It was magnificent. When it passed out of the Roth's hands, it was taken over by a local entrepreneur who had a history of destroying everything he touched and that is when it slid into a horrible descent. The county has since restored it but it will never have the glory days of the 80's.

My older brother worked there....maybe 1981 or 82 when it was The Station restaurant and bar. He was a dishwasher, but got to see some of the great bands that played there. One that I remember that he told me about was The Edgar Winter Group. Such a shame it's in that condition.

@JPVideos81

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

This could be turned into a really nice local history museum with a cafe. The upstairs could be rental space for artists or small offices. Good job on that sketchy spiral staircase...I’d be nervous too! Thanks for another great video JP!

@JPVideos81

4 жыл бұрын

🙂

This place is absolutely beautiful man. That old sixties wallpaper, the original ornamentation, and especially those spiral staircases!! Honestly those were probably my favorite part. Came across multiple sets of those just recently and loved them very much. You just don't see them anymore. Thanks for taking us along my friend, you know I love my old rail history, and this was a great piece of it

@JPVideos81

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for checking it out

Thanks so much for posting this! So many interesting architectural details, plus I’ve not only played in bands there but have a lot of personal history as well. Very cool to see. It’s a shame that WB hasn’t made a priority of preserving it.

That was majestic in its day. So sad they have not made it a historical site and restored it Jay.

It is a shame that it has been left to such disrepair.

Wow it had really beautiful woodwork

The ceilings, and staircases were beautiful.

That large blue dining room with high ceilings upstairs is where I served dinner to the General Hospital TV stars when they came to the restaurant for the Luke and Laura look alike contest. Many happy fun memories

Me and my parents stayed in one of the rail cars when it was a motel in ether the 1980s or 1990s? I remember checking out the nightclub when we stayed there. The train rooms had beautiful reproduction victorian furniture but the motel office had restored original victorian furniture. I also remember eating at the dinner that had been moved to the same complex. It was all fabulous. I believe I was told only the reason the property was so big is because it also been part of the freight yards . all I know is we were staying there for my dad's High School reunion as he had graduated from Wyoming PA high school just about one town away. He talked of growing up there when Wilkes-Barre was the main place you went to go shopping. Very fashionable in its day.back in the 1930s & 40's On a side note the nj town of fanwood (next to the tiwn i live in) actually bought the victorian train station and restored it with a museum downstairs and a meeting room upstairs. The station masters quarters on the 3rd floor are closed to the public. The station is also on the hist. Register. And trains still run on what had been the jersey central rail lines now part of nj transit. Thank you for sharing

@JPVideos81

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

I think that little uppermost tower room was originally a look out, it's not big enough for anything else really. This place needs to be put on the historical registry, renovated to its former glory and make it a museum of the history of trains and their impact throughout history in the area. Built in 1868, it's earned the right to be a historical site, I really hope they save it. You can tell it was beautiful in its time.

The Cupola room was seldom used from 1979 to 85 the Station Restaurant. As A dinner waitress, I once served dinner to a young couple up there. He gave a diamond to her and thats where they got engaged. I worked there from the time the place opened to 1985. Many happy memories. Sad to see its demise.

Happy happy joy joy! Anything that has to do with trains makes me happy thank you J 😁👍💕

All those winding staircases are very nice , especially the wooden one beautiful. Thank you 😊 JP

@JPVideos81

4 жыл бұрын

Ty for watching

Wow, what a great old building. Loved the beautiful woodwork, bossed wallpaper, the gorgeous ceilings, as well as all the medallions thruout. Don't know if you check comments on older videos, but this was one of my faves. Thanks so much for making my day.

@JPVideos81

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for checking it out

If anyone plans to save this 151yr. old station they better hurry and get started . It would be such a shame to let it sit until it is too far gone to save . Thank you for shedding light on its useless demise . ..another great video , Jay .

@JPVideos81

4 жыл бұрын

I'll keep ya updated

It should be saved! It's a beautiful old bldg and it's not that far gone. Anything would be better than demolition. Thanks for the update. Great video.

@JPVideos81

4 жыл бұрын

I agree

Yay, another JP video!! Thanks J, you and your family always make my day!!

@JPVideos81

4 жыл бұрын

💙 ty

another beautiful video my hubby got me into trains still trying get one for Christmas thanks JP

Our local railroad station in town and also along Route 66 they t re tuned into a really nice bar and grill. It’s a very nice place to go, they preserved a lot of the history there. That’s what they should do with that railroad station.

Such a shame. Beautiful.

Great video, Jay , enjoyed watching,😊

Great Video 👍 JP. What a great place at one time what a shame thanks for sharing take care

Great video of the train station. Thank you 😊

Very nice video thank you for sharing. I like the woodwork in that circular lookout room and that ceiling with the moldings that were painted in pastel colors was interesting.

so sad . Old train stations should be saved :(

Hey JP Very cool place but as a woodworker it breaks my heart to see all that ornate woodworking left too the elements . I hope they do something with the place . Whats the area like around it ?

@JPVideos81

4 жыл бұрын

Not the best area. Industrial and low income housing.

Great video !! So sad to see such history left to rot wonder why they didn't complete the restoration projects ? So sad so much history . Such a shame this place is so cool ! All that natural wood ! Still not to far gone but won't be long if something isnt done to save it . I love that grand staircase ! And those tiles !! Thank you for coming back before it is gone for good most likely it won't be saved but maybe someone will save it .

I remember going there back on the 90"s It was a great club. Always had a blast

@JPVideos81

Жыл бұрын

It was the place to be back then. I enjoyed myself there too.

Definitely salvageable. A local train station here was transformed into a gorgeous event venue that even uses some of the original characteristics, like some exposed brick and some original wood detailing. Love the content!

@JPVideos81

4 жыл бұрын

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Great video Jay!! Never realized that there was a station in WB. TFS💎💕🍁

@JPVideos81

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching kendra

Beautiful architecture!!! Hope they save it!!!

Definitely a beautiful place at one time, hopefully they will redo it. Very nervous for you guys going in those places were squatters could be, glad you both stayed safe. Great video thank you JP. 🙂👍🌷

@JPVideos81

4 жыл бұрын

Thats why we usually go together.

Very eclectic design styles... I'll have to check out your other videos there to see the changes.

As much as I appreciate seeing this ( once grand ) old place it saddens my heart as well. It is like seeing a very old man, a decrepit and dying shadow of a person that you knew as a strong, energetic and respected man who's glory days are long past with only bittersweet memories remaining. It leaves me with a heavy heart.

beautiful building - well, on the outside anyway.

Why do people have to destroy a place like that makes me sick. There are not many places like that left around. Places know are just made cheap and generic there is no architecture to it. Thank you for great video JP!!

@JPVideos81

4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome Eric

Awesome video , it’s ashamed it could not be saved ...♥️

Another great video and awesome find jay. It did hold some great beauty at one time. That was a coincidence that there was a toy there when your wearing your shirt lol. Loved all the architecture that was still there. It still holds a lot of it to this very day. Thanks for sharing.

@JPVideos81

4 жыл бұрын

Of all items to make themselves inside, a toy... lol

It's a shame the place is in the shape it's in. It should really be restored, but I think it might be too late now.

@JPVideos81

4 жыл бұрын

Each day it gets worse, so time will tell.

👍Thanks Jay. I think this be listed as a landmark and saved and restored. As was pen station had be lost in NYC. Here in NJ Fanwood station is simulator resemblance of that station. Still used by NJT.

Love them stairs that goes up love them

I loved all the woodwork, and the ceilings were amazing! Hope the dont knock it down! A restaurant would be a good idea!

It could be saved. Would make a nice place for small shops and restaurants. Nice video.

Awesome vid JP. Caught Mike without his plumbers crack camo, hahaha!!!! Love you JP and Mike

@JPVideos81

4 жыл бұрын

😁

Wow I have never seen a train station with a bar in it and I agree with you that it is still looks good.

Hi Jay, what a beautiful grand old building, I love all of the mouldings on the ceilings, they make the place look regal in a way.The velvet wallpaper is called flock wallpaper. I really think the building should be saved, the architecture alone is stunning. It does look like the building behind is abandoned too. Thank you for sharing this wonderful location with us. x

@JPVideos81

4 жыл бұрын

Flock wallpaper. Thats new to me, but thanks for sharing.

@SueGirling68

4 жыл бұрын

@@JPVideos81 you're welcome, I found out about it back when I was 15 as we were in an Indian restaurant and I asked my Dad what sort it was. I guess we learn something new every day huh ;). xx

Love your Norman Reedus Tshirt Mike!

Oh cool a Abandon video on my birthday! This is awesome! Nice find.

@JPVideos81

4 жыл бұрын

Happy bday! 💙

@andreaalta

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so very much.

very cool ....

Such a beautiful building, sad it’s so vandalized ! To bad they don’t fix it up ! Thank you, great video !

@JPVideos81

4 жыл бұрын

😊

Yeah, it's historical site for sure, and for that aspect it should be restored, but it is worst then the last time you were here. It would take alot of money to bring back to its former glory. I think that it should be a historical site and restore it back to a train station. Then like a museum they could give tours.

That pastel ceiling! This is a beautiful building going to waste. Sad

That is such a shame! The beautiful wood in there especially down at the bar and it just is wasting away!

Beautiful woodwork, the building should be saved.There are so many options that can be made 🤗

Good video. Beautiful architekture, to bad the house is abanded.

The room off the grand stairway the led down to the lobby, was the upstairs bar. The bar was torn out. Thats what the hook ups were for. Door at other end of the bar went into the upstairs kitchen with the white tile, and stainless steel dumbwaiter to get certain food products up from the downstairs main kitchen of the restaurant

Nice job👍

@JPVideos81

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

The trestle was a much longer drop than the spiral stairs...you would be okay, you are tough...glad you don't get hurt tho..I would be sad. Love that tower, thanks for going up there again.

@JPVideos81

4 жыл бұрын

I know i would be ok. I just dont like loose items while in the air.

Beautiful building, loved the fireplace. The train horns made it more authentic ha One day when you knock on something someone is gonna knock back lol Was worried you were gonna catch your foot in the dangling cable going down the stairs. Thanks for showing us around....

@JPVideos81

4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome linda

I grew up every summer right around the corner on Farley Lane named after my family actually stayed there when there was a hotel there they were all Pullman cars and we actually partied there one night back in the early '80s great spot too bad it's all gone great video

Hi JPVideos. Lookin' good, I love old Train Stations, & Nightclubs! I think it would be neat if someone turned em into Houses, Little Apartments, or Museums.

@JPVideos81

4 жыл бұрын

A train museum would be cool

@desertdogexplorer9900

4 жыл бұрын

@@JPVideos81 👍👍 👍👍 👍👍 👍👍 👍

still a nice looking building

Very good video,Jay! It is a beautiful building and I hope that,they renovate it! I didn't like all the damage,that people do,to the building,it is sad! The spiral staircases,I really didn't like them,too much! Let us know, if there is an update,to what is happening,to the building. I hope they don't tear it down! Keep up the great work! God bless!

@JPVideos81

4 жыл бұрын

I will

Nice video

Almost makes me ill to see all the beautiful paneling and lavish vintage décor just going to waste. Yes, this building should be saved, no question in my mind. Renovate and make it into a museum or restaurant, or both. I am sure Wilkes-Barre has a rich history. Hi, Mike....

incredible woodwork!!! love the spiral staircase isn't recognized as a historical sight? if not, it should be hopefully repairs will begin soon thanks for taking me along

@JPVideos81

4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome Marlene

That little booth at the top was my office and I had the second smaller office for meeting with the wood work and Thom had the huge office with the mattress

3:00 awesome shirt & photo background color in black & white 🙂👍🌷

@JPVideos81

4 жыл бұрын

Ty

Hi JP very nice just needs to be cleaned up when they want to show their home

This one absolutely has to be saved! Where do you find this ornate woodwork, plasterwork today? Antique luxury at its it's best. I think it would make a great museum. Great video!

@JPVideos81

4 жыл бұрын

Ty

Nice

The room with the matress was called the Billiard Room. It had 2 pool tables, antique couches and some small dining tables around the perimeter. It was once very opulent and high end.

I flew here pretty recently. I used to work here too when it was Banana Joe's. It was a wild place.... lol It used to rain inside when it rained, because the train cars and roof system were like a patch work... The upstairs was the like business offices and unused space at that time..just cool to check out..now its riddled with drug users and homeless....i haven't been able to fly inside, because its infested.

Awsome explore ,,loved the woodwork a in there...such a waste of a beutiful building , they should definatly mcake it into a homeless centre ,,,you couldnt realy do it up for apartments because of trains passing with the noise...thanks,,,Theresa,,,cornwall.x

great tank you

Beautiful station should be saved.Train museum would be awesome!.

@JPVideos81

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed

Beautiful place .it needs saving all the ceilings fab.😢😢

The building looks beautiful even in its condition today! I do think it should be saved, no clue what it should be turned into though!

Wouldn't it have been great if someone had come in and restored this building with it's beautiful wood carvings and architecture, and made it into a railroad museum, restaurant, or such. So sad to see something with its history just left to decay and vandalism.

@JPVideos81

4 жыл бұрын

Id love to have this bldg

Wow! Pretty sure I was there years ago at the bar. It was a night of going bar to bar but I'm almost positive I was there.

@JPVideos81

4 жыл бұрын

Most people in nepa have been here.

JP I did see a long flowing orb cross above you to the left of you. I watched twice. And seems to be just that a orb, thought I would let you know. But it is a very beautiful train station, and it is to bad the city won't do something soon. It would be a real shame to see this historic building torn down.

I love that building!!! I wish it would be saved!! Its a historic building.. It should be placed on the registery.. So sad!

The building is still in pretty good shape. The train station part I would make into a museum about trains 🚂. I guess we can still have a bar so to speak but I wouldn’t trust those who get drunk and break into the museum I would go with the dairy bar or a nice Cozy diner.

@JPVideos81

4 жыл бұрын

Time will tell what happens

At--2:40- I had to laugh...I'm watching this as I'm wearing a gray sweatshirt with that message on it with the doll head. It keeps you nice & toasty and is great advertising for a wonderful channel. I'm getting a cap next month. Great service, can't beat it. As I'm watching this our whole building doesn't have any water. Unbelievable!! Don't ever live in a Hud building if you don't have to. As soon as I can I'll be moving. Now onto your video here.

@JPVideos81

4 жыл бұрын

Oh jeez. Hope the problem gets rectified soon.

@ghostcityshelton9378

4 жыл бұрын

@@JPVideos81 Oh...it's just another thing to add to the list on Wensday when I see the head of houseing, she's on our (the tennent's) side. Our apt. manager took the whole day off & didn't answer her phone when the asst. manager tried to call her. When the biggies from Hud come to my apt building it will be a surprise to both managers.👏😁 They will go to apartment 'they' want to go too, mine will be one of them. Should be Interresting since the main manager comes to work when she feels like it, if some days at all. I'm going to write a Hud manual on Tennents Rights one day. It better be fixed tomarrow. I wisely have milk bottles full of water in my closet. Others in the building laugh at my prepping with freeze dry foods, now who's laughing?

@ghostcityshelton9378

4 жыл бұрын

@@JPVideos81 Have a good night's rest & take care.

They should make it into a train museum 🤩😍🤗 if there are others nearby, they should make a cat cafe. Helping cats and serving snacks and things ❤️ I would love to have a building like that 🤩😍🤗❤️❤️❤️ thank you so much for a nice video 👍🏼

Ha ha Officially abandoned im loving the new t shirt im so glad you took my idea on board you are amazing Jay .. ay 6:50 what was that flying past you? In the UK if a building is a certain age they place them on the listed register which means they cant knock it down or change any aspect of that building even the windows .. unless they apply for special planning permission .. i hate vandals they have no respect for their history or anything any place ..

@JPVideos81

4 жыл бұрын

I saw it on the replay. No clue what that was.

@MJARTBYDAY

4 жыл бұрын

@@JPVideos81 It looked like a long orb very weird x

Think that wall paper was called Flocked. Really hope they get a move on and save it. Dont know economy of the area. Maybe a Bed and Breakfast. Antique shop. Or cheap rent for some of the homeless

@JohnEZang

3 жыл бұрын

I’m from the area. Wilkes barre is very corrupt and their city planning is trash. They cater to corporate franchises instead of developing and encouraging privately owned businesses and attractions. Center city is literally nothing but franchise restaurants, dollar stores night clubs and bars for college kids because they have two colleges in close proximity. The one cultural attraction, the Kirby center, is the only redeeming quality it has left.

What what I think it was used for since you have a full view of the yard area it was probably uses a dispatcher center a small one

Cool👍👍

@JPVideos81

4 жыл бұрын

😊

If luzerne and Susquehanna is in reverse like that they usually do not honk their horn they usually have a guy on the back of the last car that will step off for the crossing

They should really preserve that bldg. very awesome. Just wondering what that was floating above your head just to the right while you were reading at about 6:49 into it. Ck. it out. Wasn't quite sure. lol Thanks!!

@JPVideos81

4 жыл бұрын

I noticed it on playback. Maybe an orb?

@bethlivingston1181

4 жыл бұрын

@@JPVideos81 That's what I was wondering, it kind of come out of nowhere. Played it back several times thought maybe cobweb floating at first then took a second look. Glad I'm not the only one that noticed it though... lol

I wonder if when the rail station was originally built was the top floor the home of the owner. The rooms are all sizes and decorated very specific. I hope they save it. It would be sad to lose the history and craftsmanship.

@JPVideos81

4 жыл бұрын

Not sure, but it did operate as a hotel.

That lookout must have been amazing when the train yard was in operation.

Kinda ironic, there was a banana Joe's in Allentown that was a former train station as well. I believe it may be abandoned too. But not 100 percent sure on that as I haven't been by it in a good while.

@JPVideos81

4 жыл бұрын

That one is locked up

I think it should be declared historic. But the people in the area have to care enough I guess. Places made into museums, need a lot of volunteers. I know I was a volunteer at a museum for 25 yrs

I remember I used to party well with all the drinking alot of thdm nights a bleak good times.

that carpeted spiral stairs going down would have been easier if the railings were just some solid paneled material...I don't like open heights either.