Yep, if it needs to be done, then so be it. Sometimes it's just the way it has to be.Some people hate hostile architecture. But in the right places it makes sense to see.
I'm not a fan either, but if it makes it overall safer, at least in the short term, then so be itI absolutely loathe hostile design. It makes the place, well...hostile to everyone.
Looks like the city has installed these rails by the vents at Century Park Station to keep people from sleeping there. Consequently, I didn’t see anyone loitering there today.
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The Downtown entrances are fine. It's just that people are allowed to loiter and impede risers. I used the Corona entrance at the SW corner of 108 St and Jasper Ave. It has a long corridor to the station, and while no one was hanging out on the stairs, there were people lining the corridor, and since they were around the corner, security would have to talk a walk to see them. Deterioration has nothing to do with it.Why has there not been funding to redo all the downtown stations?
Don’t build an extension to twin brooks imo until you fix what we already have. Our downtown entrances should be pristine, beautiful, safe, and accessible.
Trying to add more riders with extensions while letting the central stations deteriorate is counterproductive.