BobBob
Senior Member
Call me a philistine, but I would support breaking the "consistency" of Bloor-Danforth for many things.
Why each station has to reflect what's above ground is an unexplained mystery.
Why each station has to reflect what's above ground is an unexplained mystery. But once your primary method of branding each location becomes visual ( the Wookie station, the Valkyrie station, etc. ) signage and typography become less crucial.
I find this a funny thing to say. Why wouldn't we want each station to reflect what's above ground? Why do we want to maintain a separation between underground and above ground. Why obscure, or ignore, that there's an amazing Museum just above you?
Isn't this one of our core complaints about PATH? That its impossible to tell where you are in the city because there are no visual indicators?
Our subway stations are terrible. We love them, of course, because they're ours...but...ask yourselves why we have such a strong emotional connection to a service, that for all intents and purposes, looks like the world's largest lavatory (all the more ironic given how uncommon public restrooms are in the TTC)
The Museum redesign in no way reflects the design/architecture of the museum, and station design is indeed about just that. We don't store dinosaur bones at Museum station, so why exactly are we reflecting the contents of the museum in the architecture? This makes as much sense as building a burger restaurant in the shape of a burger.
The station was named after the museum. The architecture of a museum can change over the years, but content will always consist of historic things. The AGO building alone does not make a museum, its whats inside that makes it a museum. To bring the inside of the ROM into the station is a better reflection of what the station represents than basing it on the architecture of the building itself.
Sure Victoria College is also near by, but last time I checked... the station was still named after the museum.
As for the tiles, If future generations want them back, all they have to do is rip down what is being put up now! I dont think most people would care to bring them back anyways.
Also, it's not about choosing to ignore what's out there, but not everyone comes for the Museum. Victoria College is also a fine place that's right beside the station. The subway brings a lot of people so close together physically. Is this a quality opportunity to dictate what is most important upstairs? Sure, but where's the freedom to think? If there's nothing wrong with that, when do we install totem pole traffic signals, and hieroglyphic pedestrian lines on Bloor in front of the ROM?
We might not care for consistency and degrade it, but it's undeniably distinctive and something I believe future generations can appreciate. It's time to restore and enhance, not to destroy. Are the washroom comments supposed to be compliments? My washroom has the nicest walls in the house. They are tiled, not the boring plaster of the other rooms. If it reminds you of dirty public lavatories, then isn't the recommendation to clean up the dirt? Let's not throw out the baby with the bathwater here.
The station was named after the museum. The architecture of a museum can change over the years, but content will always consist of historic things. The AGO building alone does not make a museum, its whats inside that makes it a museum. To bring the inside of the ROM into the station is a better reflection of what the station represents than basing it on the architecture of the building itself.
Sure Victoria College is also near by, but last time I checked... the station was still named after the museum.
As for the tiles, If future generations want them back, all they have to do is rip down what is being put up now! I dont think most people would care to bring them back anyways.
Ummm, really?Great European metro systems do not bring the outside in. Have you ever seen what the Louvre station looks like in Paris? It's about as banal as Islington.