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I saw a post in one of our forums this morning (about the new Sydney Metro Rail Line) today. As I was moderating I followed the link in the posting. It is to a Google Streetview of Holborn Station in London. This contributor wanted to get a point across about something he had seen on the other side of the world and was able to show everyone exactly what he (or she) meant.
I’m sure Google didnt built Streetview as a community engagement tool but it is certainly a powerful contributor to allowing people to illustrate what they have seen elsewhere and like. The forum post is below. Thanks to fxdydx (interesting user name!)
Pyrmont Station : Station entrance design
fxdydx on 03 Jul 2009 11:27pmLooking at the entrance for the corner of Union & Prymont st, instead of knocking those buildings down to become a station entrance, can’t you keep them and use your ‘commercially integrated’ model of station entrance design as well as attempt to keep as much of those business as possible.
Below is a link to an example of what I mean.
There are dozens of stations like this in London where the station is part of the street scape and blends in with the rest of the housing.
Also, sometimes, to get passengers down to the station concourse, instead of stairs or escallators, they instead use large high speed elevators which are very pram/disabled friendly. There are literally dozens of stations in Londond like this and they make it work for them, surely we can make it work here.
You must copy the link in it’s entirety for it to work.
It is Holborn station in London if you want to look for it yourself.
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