In article ,
Tom Anderson wrote:
On Mon, 2 Feb 2009, Andrew Robert Breen wrote:
In article ,
Tom Anderson wrote:
On Sun, 1 Feb 2009, Neil Williams wrote:
On Sun, 1 Feb 2009 14:39:11 -0000, "solar penguin"
wrote:
That's one thing that St Pancras only managed to get right with the
latest redevelopment, giving us that new basement-level shopping mall
and concourse, tucked nicely away from the trains.
I find it claustrophobic compared with Euston's high-ceilinged Great
Hall, which is certainly deserving of the name.
Hmm. Big Hall, possiby. There's nothing very Great about it.
?
In fact, boggle.
The Great Hall at Euston is a glorious space. With some of the retail
clutter cleared away (as I hear it has been - can't wait to see the
results) it should be the magnificent, uplifting space it should be.
Lovely bit of architecture - and the materials used were superb.
It's a featureless cuboid.
Well, so's the golden ratio..
It absolutely does the job of being a station,
but apart from that, it does nothing at all.
Let's make sure we're on the same wavelength here - are we talking about
this:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._concourse.jpg
(now minus some of the shops)
?
Yep. That's the place. A real gem.
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