On 6 Dec, 12:32, Alex Ingram wrote:
Indeed. If this is the future of retail then it's a future in a very
different climate.

http://flickr.com/photos/nuttyxander...72157608819610...

The glass building at the bottom of the stairs was designed (and
originally built) as a waiting room, with the entrance facing the
camera. That's why the steelwork on the left is so ugly, as it was put
in when the end wall was removed.

Would it have been possible to move the whole station further into the
shopping centre boundary and rebuild it totally, or are the curves a
problem that negates such useful planning?

I think wonga is the thing that negates it or anything like it. TfL
were meant to dig some passages underground to spread passengers along
the platform, but didn't want to pay for it.

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