Kerry Dietz was asked about the circumstances that will bring the architecture firm she put her name on 32 years ago to the second floor of the recently renovated Union Station this summer, making her company the celebrated first tenant in the spacious office area of the landmark.
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Springfield will celebrate the future of Union Station at its grand reopening next month with a look at its past.
Of special interest will be a series of open house events June 25 inside the cavernous, long-shuttered depot.
Union Station’s reopening follows a $94 million floor-to-ceiling renovation and rehabilitation years in the making.
The facility was built in 1926 to replace earlier stations. But it has been mostly empty since the late 1970s, and was underused and decaying for decades prior to that, as interest in rail travel declined.
The new Union Station will offer service from Amtrak and Connecticut’s commuter rail system to New Haven and on to New York City beginning in 2018. It will have local bus service from the Pioneer Valley Transit Authority and long-distance service from Peter Pan Bus Lines and its partner, Greyhound.
Dietz & Co. Architects have rented office space and retail tenants include a Subway sandwich shop, Dunkin’ Donuts, convenience store, sunglasses kiosk and cellphone kiosk.
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