Re: (rshsdepot) New York, NY: An Architect's Grand Vision for a TradeCenter T...

[David Kindem <dkindem_@_chartermi.net>]

Several images of Calatrava's work are here (along with a few Frank 
Gehry imagesfor good measure).

http://www.briankellyphoto.com/arch/comm/arch_comm_gallery.htm

Dave Kindem


On Wednesday, October 22, 2003, at 06:26 PM, Paul Luchter wrote:

> 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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David Kindem
Kindem Video & Interactive
13550 Hidden Creek Ct.
Grand Haven, MI 49417
616.402.0864
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