quimcunx
imprimeo, lamino, distribuo
I like it too. I really struggled to get a decent photo when I was there. maybe the sun was just in the wrong place.
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I like it too. I really struggled to get a decent photo when I was there. maybe the sun was just in the wrong place.
1927
Funnier than he thinks he is.
In one direction they are a running stride long,(in the direction that people tend to run across the hall) while in the other they are a walking stride wide,(in the direction where people tend to walk across) evidently this helps as people are aware where their feet are all the time and instead of looking at their feet thye keep their heads up and so avoid collision!
The treads and risers on the steps are similarly proportioned correctly so you have no need to break or check your stride going down the stairs.
There are also other little architectural tricks, like the entrances all slope down to the main hall, this forces people to look up as they enter so they see the magnificient ceiling!
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Who gave you this explanation?
I am somewhat sceptical about this.
Are people in NY particularly superstitious about treading on the gaps between paving slabs?
I got off there once. I remember, on this most non-descript generic station, seeing a commemorative plaque.
It was celebrating the opening of platform four. A platform so anonymous that it could be anywhere. Symbolic perhaps, with Swindon being the UK's "most average" town.
Platform four wasn't bad, it certainly wasn't good. It wasn't anything. Welcome to Swindon.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
A bit disappointing for a town that once had what must have been one of the largest railway works in the world.
not-bono-ever
meh
The Finland station in St petersburg
Its shit, but so evocative....
Its shit, but so evocative....
ivebeenhigh
Well-Known Member
Brainaddict
slight system overdrive
Interestingly I've just been reading a book that places some of blame for the decline of Empire at the feet of the vast public projects built by inflated bureacracies full of men intent on 'leaving their mark'.
Not that I mind the decline of Empire, but it's interesting stuff cos we don't learn much of the history of Empire in general.
Cloo
Banana for scale
Just been through Budapest's fabulous Keleti station again - they've restored some mental frescoes on one side of it and are finally on to propping up and restoring the collapsing-looking international tickets office (the whole thing's filled with wooden props ATM) and they still fill in lots of forms in triplicate by hand when you buy your ticket. But they've now got card readers so they don't have to phone your credit card through anymore!
A wonderful Austro-Hungarian relic:
There's a nice, but simple restaurant in what once must have been an incredibly grand and fashionable spot when the place was built.
A wonderful Austro-Hungarian relic:
There's a nice, but simple restaurant in what once must have been an incredibly grand and fashionable spot when the place was built.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
Fortunately it hasn't been totally done over.
For real crassness Berlin Hauptbahnhof takes the biscuit, IMO. Lovely station, but TOO MANY CHAIN STORES!
1927
Funnier than he thinks he is.
Bahnhof Strasse
Let's av ya fuckin' dancin'!
Whilst we're on big US termini, here's Michigan Central Station (abandoned), if I've not already posted it:
Michigan is a state, that's Detroit station.
No wonder it closed, who takes a train in motor city?
When the Motown bods moved to LA that abandoned station became the HQ of Gang Culture, Murder City. A very dangerous place.
Those pics must be recent, if you went in there 5 years ago losing your camera would have been the least of your worries.
No it's not.
Its name is Michigan Central Station, sometimes known as Michigan Central Depot.
It is in Detroit, but Detroit Station is something different.
The public art work by Narcissus Quagliata at Kaoshiung's MRT in Taiwan is pretty impressive.
Did he used to the backgrounds for rave flyers, in the late 80s.
Clint Iguana
not an undercover cop
Ninian Park Halt has a special place in my heart, even if it is just two platforms next to a football ground.
I have always been excited by arriving at Brighton Station.
It's enormous !
One of my favourites but ............
(Prob should not have mentioned it on this thread.)
It's enormous !
One of my favourites but ............
(Prob should not have mentioned it on this thread.)
editor
hiraethified
I think Wemyss Bay is pretty much unbeatable in the UK, but Hebden Bridge is another cracker
Hebden Bridge railway station, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England, with pictures of landmarks, mills, canals, signal box, bars, cafes, tourist sights and more
Photos of Hebden Bridge railway station, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England, with pictures of landmarks, mills, canals, signal box, bars, cafes, tourist sights and more
www.urban75.org
MrSki
Who am I to say you're wrong
Looks good on a sunny day.
