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Post by melikepie on Sept 28, 2013 18:40:19 GMT
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Post by domh245 on Sept 28, 2013 18:47:18 GMT
Well, that is St. Pancras done, and now Kings Cross. All they need to do is get rid of the big gloomy box and re-do Euston, and the big 3 North London Termini will all be impressive stations fit to represent a capital city.
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Post by rsdworker on Sept 29, 2013 9:36:17 GMT
looks much better now - more spacey now and more access to station front - like Victorian times when station was opened
liverpool street is modern already - only is euston needs do refit
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Post by melikepie on Sept 29, 2013 11:12:12 GMT
How about Marylebone?
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Post by crusty54 on Sept 29, 2013 16:18:51 GMT
it looks pretty good already and has had a lot of money spent on updating it over the years |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2013 2:25:12 GMT
The one thing I don't like is that brutalistic steel canopy over all the front entrances. Definitely a 'Nooks and Corners' job. This could have been better done in a lighter, more classic style canopy similar to the reproduction ones at Moor St and Bath. Steelway of Bilston specialises in these sort of things, but one had better say 'other steel and ironwork fabricators may be available'.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2013 11:18:58 GMT
You can't exactly have a picnic or play with the kids while you wait for the train on that barren expanse of concrete though, can you? I miss the days when public spaces featured such things as recognisable pathways, grass and (largish) tree-sheltered places to sit. For all its flaws, even Euston has more life; this is just clinical; straight from the designer's computer screen.
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Post by crusty54 on Oct 6, 2013 12:35:34 GMT
You can't exactly have a picnic or play with the kids while you wait for the train on that barren expanse of concrete though, can you? I miss the days when public spaces featured such things as recognisable pathways, grass and (largish) tree-sheltered places to sit. For all its flaws, even Euston has more life; this is just clinical; straight from the designer's computer screen. the problem would be the heavy drinkers etc who would occupy the seats most of the time. The quality of the paving slabs and the way they have been laid is also poor. |
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Post by murph9000 on Oct 10, 2013 17:19:49 GMT
The one thing I don't like is that brutalistic steel canopy over all the front entrances. Definitely a 'Nooks and Corners' job. This could have been better done in a lighter, more classic style canopy similar to the reproduction ones at Moor St and Bath. Steelway of Bilston specialises in these sort of things, but one had better say 'other steel and ironwork fabricators may be available'. It's also at the wrong height, slicing across the original entrance arches. For me, it should have been attached higher, to the obvious line across the building above the arches. That would have been much more fitting for, and have better exposed the original monumental building. As for style, either completely minimalist (e.g. some sort of frameless engineered glass with low-visual-impact supports), or something traditional looking that GNR/LNER would have been proud of. |
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Post by murph9000 on Oct 10, 2013 17:23:57 GMT
You can't exactly have a picnic or play with the kids while you wait for the train on that barren expanse of concrete though, can you? I miss the days when public spaces featured such things as recognisable pathways, grass and (largish) tree-sheltered places to sit. For all its flaws, even Euston has more life; this is just clinical; straight from the designer's computer screen. Whilst I basically agree with your sentiments there, I'm not sure that it would have been practical. I think the space needs to be pretty much all for pedestrian flow, as it has to cope with the full load of incoming IC trains. If there were too many obstacles there, it could severely limit/disrupt the required flow. |
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