The beloved Union Station in downtown Ogden will be getting some new paving stones around the main plaza fountain. The older cobblestones have been there for more than 30 years and won’t need to worry, they will still stay…they will just be shifted off to the side. The cobblestones were originally salvaged from loading docks north of the station where Utah Transit Authority’s (UTA’s) Intermodal Uub is now and they were too big and uneven to make a good walking surface.
The Union Station wants to redesign the plaza anyway and even issued a plea to the public to come help rip out the stones, but it didn’t work. The cobble stones weighed about 20 pounds each so it turned out to be an impossible job to do by hand. Finally enough money was raised to hire a contractor to bring in machinery to rip out the old stones and put in the new plaza. Among the flat paving stones that will be placed in the plaza, anyone willing to pay a $100 donation will get a stone engraved with their name.
The hedges that flanked the sides of the plaza will be taken out and it will free up space around the linden trees and will open up the front of the station. The cobblestones will then be used to pave the parking circles on the north and south ends of the plaza area.
It’s great Ogden’s Union Station will be getting these new stones as well as the changes that are going to be made. It just shows you how the people of Ogden take pride in their town and another reason to buy a home in Ogden.
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