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I think subway stations in US are rather spartan by international standards. Whatever the reasons for the high cost, opulence is not one of them.
by blago 7y ago
I think subway stations in US are rather spartan by international standards. Whatever the reasons for the high cost, opulence is not one of them.
- ericd 7y agoI guess you haven’t been to the Oculus in NYC...
- blago 7y agoYou are right on this one :-) I hope to see it next month and take some stunning photos.
- ericd 7y agoYeah, it’s pretty amazing. I kind of wish they’d spent the money to do a bit more on the actual subway, though :-)
- CPLX 7y agoThe oculus is a shopping mall, not a subway station.
- NikolaeVarius 7y agoAt what point do you differentiate it when a location was literally designed to be a wrapper around multiple train stations.
- bobthepanda 7y agoBy definition that would exclude most train stations in Japan and Hong Kong.
- ericd 7y agoIt's right next to the entrance to the tracks, and was pretty clearly made to be part of that station.
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- bobthepanda 7y agoOpulence and overengineering aren’t the same thing.
- TheCoelacanth 7y agoThey are often spartan in terms of decor, but lavish in terms of space. Take DC's metro as an example. The stations are mostly raw concrete, but they are massive. The underground stations are cavernous vaults with sprawling mezzanines. The decor undoubtedly adds a bit to the cost, but it is nothing close to the cost of excavating two or three times as much space.