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The restoration of St. John's Woo Station
Greg Hennessy wrote:
On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 00:11:30 GMT, "Richard J." wrote: JMUpton2000 wrote [his top-posting corrected here]: "TheOneKEA" wrote in message oups.com... I noticed that the restoration of St. John's Wood appears to be proceeding nicely. However, I noticed that the Bakerloo brown tiling that once lined the platform wall panels is being replaced with... Bakerloo brown tiling. NOT Jubilee grey tiling. Is this intentional? I believe that because SJW station is a listed building/structure, LUL are required to replace/restore like with like. Tube Lines[1] say that "thousands of wall tiles will be removed and replaced with new hand-made tiles to replicate their original 1900s character", so it sounds as if they are indeed trying to replicate the original design (which actually dates from 1939). What an idiotic waste of time and money, it a tube station for chrissakes. So? -- Richard J. (to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address) |
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The restoration of St. John's Woo Station
Richard J. wrote:
What an idiotic waste of time and money, it a tube station for chrissakes. So? So that's why the fares are so high? -- John Ray |
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The restoration of St. John's Woo Station
On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 11:34:09 GMT, "Richard J."
wrote: Tube Lines[1] say that "thousands of wall tiles will be removed and replaced with new hand-made tiles to replicate their original 1900s character", so it sounds as if they are indeed trying to replicate the original design (which actually dates from 1939). What an idiotic waste of time and money, it a tube station for chrissakes. So? Given the very finite levels of time & resources for refurbishment of tube stations. Wasting it on hand made tiles + the time/expense of fitting them to a *single* station just beggars belief. greg -- Delenda est Carthago |
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The restoration of St. John's Woo Station
Is SJW a listed station?
Certainly it's not one of those listed at the back of Capital Transport's excellant book "Underground Architecture". In fact, the platforms here have been comprehendively trashed. The original biscuit-coloured tiles (including the Harold Stabler pictorial designs), name freeze and associated ceremic roudels have been either hacked off or crudely plastered over. (I understand Tubelines say they "might" be able to save "some" of the the Stabler pictorials - not that they were in any danger until Tubelines got their hands on them!!!) Replacement tiling does not correctly replecate that which it replaces, e.g. the contrasting colour banding used as a relief is not of the same pattern nor being applied in the same places. The tiles here were generally in a good condition, notwithstanding a patina of age, and their destruction is nothing short of official vandalism. This does not auger well for the future of other 'classic' LU stations under the PPP dictat (i.e. Aldgate East scheduled next for demolition, and the supposedly 'listed' Bow Road where almost every existing feature has been removed at footbridge and pltform level. DOESN'T ADMIT TO WORKING FOR LONDON UNDERGROUND |
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The restoration of St. John's Woo Station
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oups.com... The tiles here were generally in a good condition, notwithstanding a patina of age, and their destruction is nothing short of official vandalism. This does not auger well for the future of other 'classic' LU stations under the PPP dictat (i.e. Aldgate East scheduled next for demolition, and the supposedly 'listed' Bow Road where almost every existing feature has been removed at footbridge and pltform level. I agree with every word. Apart from Kennington (and possibly Borough), all of the recent refurbishments have been disastrous. Given the limited funds, replacing the tiles at Manor House and St. John's Wood seems pointless. Tufnell Park, which I agree probably did merit re-tiling, now looks plain hideous. The island platform at West Hampstead now looks garish and untidy, destroying the 1930s simplicity of the original. |
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