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Hong Kong's MTR stations are clean, modern, and efficient, but they are built for utility rather than aesthetics:
(Long Ping)
Admiralty
(Tiu Keng Leng-- notice the high rise apartments directly on top of the station-very convenient).
The most aesthetic, I think, is Sunny Bay:
I think the HK system is one of the more impressive looking metros out there. It's definitely a step above the Tokyo metro which is very clean and efficient but architecturally very bland.
I think the reason why is because Americans are obsessed with new and we have a growth industry that needs to continue growing. If only the growth industry would be stopped then historic places like the old Penn Station could have been saved. Penn Station of today in NYC is a classic place of what you'd call a horrific modernist train station and not beautiful like Grand Central Station was and it was very close to being demolished if it wasn't for J. Kennedy who helped rally to save it.
Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.
You guys can rip on the NYC subways appearance all you want but we're still better.
You guys must not know that two of the original 3 NYC subway systems were build by private companies and thus did not have a lot of money or extra help from their leaders. Grand doesn't always mean beautiful and most of stations I've seen don't look good to me. And talk about our subway cars again and we'll have an issue lol
I love the the small open air subway stations along the Q here in NYC, those tiny old school stations are so cool.
LTA1992, there are some great old tile signs at 6th and 14th that point the directions for "independent subway" and things like that. I always love it when I come across those old relic signs in the city.
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