Atlantic Terminal Station Gets Glassy
Progress on the LIRR station at the Atlantic Terminal continues to ever so slowly inch forward. As shown above, workers have started to install some of the the structure’s glass panes. The rendering beneath the photo is what the finished product is supposed to look like, according to the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership. Atlantic Terminal Station…
Progress on the LIRR station at the Atlantic Terminal continues to ever so slowly inch forward. As shown above, workers have started to install some of the the structure’s glass panes. The rendering beneath the photo is what the finished product is supposed to look like, according to the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership.
Atlantic Terminal Station Starting to Show its Face [Brownstoner] GMAP
Rendering from the DBP.
pathmark at the corner = crazy congestion!
Hey, I gotta admit… that actually doesn’t look all that bad. It’s a more classic, Art Deco-ish facade rather than postmoderncrapism. I’ll take classic approach over that any day.
I also got agree with 11:24… people who are whining and complaining about this building probably aren’t old enough to know a time when for decades this space was first the cemetary plot for a post office, then a huge, gaping Ground Zero-ish hole. So honestly, put a sock in it, ppl.
Thanks so much, 1:54. Just doing my job. If you’re interested, I’ve got an interesting story on some shocking murders of homeless men in Baltimore in current issues of The Sun.
Best,
Scott Templeton
why does the tall building behind this entrance keep its lights on all night long?
Oh Scott Templeton, you make me all warm and fuzzy with your assertiveness.
Looks fine to me. Less hideous than anything else that’s been built in that area in years.
I’m on it, 11:26!
Sincerely,
Scott Templeton
We’ve got buildings by Foster, Piano, Herzog and DeMeuron, Sejima, the Gehry IAC, The Standard Hotel, all the Meier buildings, the Nouvel building is beautiful and restrained, all of which have happened in just the past few years.
This generic station plan has glass, yes, but it is a Post Modern design straight out of a handbook. It looks symmetrical, soul-less, and arbitrary. It would be at home in a closed-down city center area when all the commuters have gone home for the day. Why is downtown Brooklyn being designed this way? Why not put in some effort, try something? Any young designer would salivate at the chance to tackle the entrance to a large transportation portal in a real city. You don’t even need a big brand name!
“There’s a lot of great new architecture being built in the city,”
99% of the posters here would not agree – but you care to cite examples so we can know what you were hoping for/like as a frame of reference
also why doesnt this design “work”