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   Peter T. Daniels to All   
   Worst. Railroad. Terminal. Design. Ever.   
   19 Dec 16 06:32:26   
   
   From: grammatim@verizon.net   
      
   I've had to use the Calatrava Stegosarus five times, I think, since the   
   main floor opened.   
      
   There are no straight paths from PATH -- which, after all, is what it's   
   supposed   
   to serve -- to anywhere.   
      
   The main floor turns out to be about three levels underground. Most   
   of the accesses to the street level are by sets of escalators -- that   
   only go partway up. Escalator-stair-escalator, or escalator-escalator-   
   stair. For Church Street, which ought to be the "front door," you can't even   
   see where the next   
   stage of ascent is, and the signage is lousy.   
      
   There are tiny elevators hidden in corners, again with no signage, and never   
   all working at the same visit.   
      
   The occasion for this rant is the opening of the old connection to the   
   E subway terminal, where they say they've preserved the original floor   
   and ramp and something else. There was a StoryCorps booth just outside the   
   station door. _That_ won't be back, I'm sure.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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