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Sir Terry Farrell backs Euston as venue for London high speedrail hub
On 19 Nov, 09:10, Bruce wrote:
On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:42:45 +0900, Miles Bader wrote: Bruce writes: grotesque and entirely pointless 19th century propylaeum. What's wrong with propylaea (no idea how one is supposed to form the plural...) anyway? * What is wrong with anything that is completely pointless? The original served no useful purpose. *It was purely a marketing tool. *It made a statement about the railway company that commissioned it. *And that's it. Admittedly, it was a massive statement. *The "Arch" became a familiar, but ultimately pointless landmark. * I've always felt the same about Canary Wharf Jubilee station, which everyone but me seems to rave over, but which I would consider to be an ostentatious sculpture rather than architecture. It's a rectangular concrete hole, probably created by pumping water out of a dock, and fails to protect its occupants from the cold in winter. Putting a sculpture on top of it doesn't make it more fit for purpose. |
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Sir Terry Farrell backs Euston as venue for London high speed rail hub
On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:16:09 -0800 (PST), MIG
wrote: On 19 Nov, 09:10, Bruce wrote: Admittedly, it was a massive statement. *The "Arch" became a familiar, but ultimately pointless landmark. * I've always felt the same about Canary Wharf Jubilee station, which everyone but me seems to rave over, but which I would consider to be an ostentatious sculpture rather than architecture. It's a rectangular concrete hole, probably created by pumping water out of a dock, and fails to protect its occupants from the cold in winter. Putting a sculpture on top of it doesn't make it more fit for purpose. Yes, I agree. It is a fine structure and a very impressive piece of architecture. But totally unnecessary for a Tube station. Those tiny Tube trains seem so out of place in such a grand design. Another is Westminster, on the same Jubilee line. As a civil engineer, I find it a most impressive monument to below-ground civil engineering, almost on a par with a major bridge. But I do wonder whether such a huge (and hugely expensive) hole in the ground was absolutely necessary. |
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Sir Terry Farrell backs Euston as venue for London high speed rail hub
Bruce wrote:
Another is Westminster, on the same Jubilee line. As a civil engineer, I find it a most impressive monument to below-ground civil engineering, almost on a par with a major bridge. But I do wonder whether such a huge (and hugely expensive) hole in the ground was absolutely necessary. It's supposed to be particularly bomb-proof, so maybe it is neccessary. I imagine Westminster and Canary Wharf to be the only underground stations where a bomb could go off without even permanently deafening everyone on the same platform. -- We are the Strasbourg. Referendum is futile. |
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Sir Terry Farrell backs Euston as venue for London high speed rail hub
On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:55:48 -0000, "Basil Jet"
wrote: Bruce wrote: Another is Westminster, on the same Jubilee line. As a civil engineer, I find it a most impressive monument to below-ground civil engineering, almost on a par with a major bridge. But I do wonder whether such a huge (and hugely expensive) hole in the ground was absolutely necessary. It's supposed to be particularly bomb-proof, so maybe it is neccessary. Interesting. Not mentioned in any of the technical articles I have read, but that's hardly surprising. I imagine Westminster and Canary Wharf to be the only underground stations where a bomb could go off without even permanently deafening everyone on the same platform. I'm sure you're right. But if all Tube stations had to be built in that way, we could afford only a very few of them. |
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Sir Terry Farrell backs Euston as venue for London high speed rail hub
Bruce wrote:
I imagine Westminster and Canary Wharf to be the only underground stations where a bomb could go off without even permanently deafening everyone on the same platform. I'm sure you're right. But if all Tube stations had to be built in that way, we could afford only a very few of them. Westminster station has MP's offices on top of it. -- We are the Strasbourg. Referendum is futile. |
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Sir Terry Farrell backs Euston as venue for London high speed rail hub
On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:25:51 -0000, "Basil Jet"
wrote: Bruce wrote: I imagine Westminster and Canary Wharf to be the only underground stations where a bomb could go off without even permanently deafening everyone on the same platform. I'm sure you're right. But if all Tube stations had to be built in that way, we could afford only a very few of them. Westminster station has MP's offices on top of it. Yes, I realise that. I still wonder whether the expense of such a grand structure for the station was justifiable. |
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