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Re: (rshsdepot) New York, NY: An Architect's Grand Vision for a TradeCenter T...
Well, a design like that would be better than the current rage to make
architectural projects that look like haphazardly stacked wrecked buildings
or crushed boxes...you can just see by looking at the drawings how possibly
shabby these might look 5 or 10 years or more down the road...
- ----- Original Message -----
From: <CoolGuy127_@_aol.com>
To: <jdent1_@_optonline.net>; <rshsdepot@lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 2:35 PM
Subject: Re: (rshsdepot) New York, NY: An Architect's Grand Vision for a
TradeCenter T...
> In a message dated 10/22/2003 9:56:57 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> jdent1_@_optonline.net writes:
> Nervi, who designed the George Washington Bridge Bus
> Station of 1963 for the Port Authority, is a hero of Mr.
> Calatrava's.
> Hmm, I wonder why. Having used that facility on and off ever since it
> was opened 40 years ago, I consider it a functional and architectural
disaster.
> The upper level, where the buses are boarded, is completely dysfunctional,
as
> the cold winds blow through it, and pigeons congregate on the exposed
beams.
> The inside terminal area is undistinguished from an architectural point of
> view. Moreover, the connection of the bus station to the 175th Street
Station
> of the NYC Subway was so poorly designed that most potential patrons are
> dissuaded from using the facility.
>
> I sure hope that the new World Trade Center transit station doesn't
> repeat the mistakes made in constructing the George Washington Bridge Bus
Station!
>
> Daniel Chazin
> Teaneck, NJ
>
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