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It just amazes me that so many of you are so stuck on the station appearence! Does nobody believe in the concept of form over function?! Bash NYC subway all you want for it's appearence, but it is a system that has been in operation for over a century and covers 4x as much area and carries 3x the traffic... I'd say that it's functionality and service far outweigh whatever it lacks in appearence! It's not as if Metro stations are historic monuments either, most have been open no more than 30 years and may far less, 90% of the green line has only been operating for less than 10 years! Yet you're all ready to memorialize their design?! It's just beyond me. If sacrificing a little bit of aesthetics makes Metro safer, more reliable, easier to navigate, and yes, brighter (which I feel is also better looking)--than I'm willing to take that. The system has already changed in appearence from what it once was, you're probably going to have to just get used to change and deal with it! We all sit in brightly lit offices all day long... deal with it!
Washington...the city of keeping things the way they've always been for the sake of certainty...

by Matt on Dec 2, 2009 8:38 am • link • report

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