Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 14:40:39
on Thu, 13 Dec 2007, MichaelJP remarked:
BTW watching the last BBC programmes recently, to me the whole idea of
the
statue being an icon for the station has failed on two counts; (1) the
tall
glass screens and posts completely ruin any long distance view of the
sculpture and (2) it's not really at a focal point of the station, as all
domestic pax are routed through the undercroft retail area.

Yes, it's in a bit of a backwater really. Almost as if the buffers were
designed too far from the front of the station and they though "hmm,
windswept empty space with no practical utility. I know, we'll stick a
big statue on it".

While I agree with the above, it must be said that parts of the StP
complex (including most of the Euston Road forecourt and Carluccio’s
restaurant) are still a work in progress until 2010.