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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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