Metra breaks ground on new station in Ravenswood - covered platforms and warming shelters
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Permalink Reply by Mike Zumwalt on
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Cool now when are they to replace the wind breaks and warmers on the Red line stops they renovated?
And how many are going to get 65" flat screen tv's on them?
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Permalink Reply by Thunder Snow on
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Looks to be a big improvement from what's currently here, particularly the warming shelters and ticket agent's booth:
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Permalink Reply by Duppie on
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How about bike parking? Any specific info on that? As an occasional user of that station there are often 80-100 bikes locked up. I'd say that volume warrants some good solution, beyond placing a bunch of U shaped bike racks...
Oh, and I hope that rendering is inaccurate. That east wall is exceptionally ugly...
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Permalink Reply by Mark on
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That was my first thought as well. It looks like they went to the trouble of photoshopping a bike locked to the sidewalk railing, but no plans of their own to address bike parking.
Duppie said:How about bike parking? Any specific info on that? As an occasional user of that station there are often 80-100 bikes locked up. I'd say that volume warrants some good solution, beyond placing a bunch of U shaped bike racks...
Oh, and I hope that rendering is inaccurate. That east wall is exceptionally ugly...
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On the north side of Lawrence, yes.
Which begs the question: Why are public transportation projects almost always designed to look ugly? Those hard looking straight-edged lines are really the best they could do?
Where is Jeanne Gang when we need her?
Jared said:Haven't they already built a wall like that on the other side?
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Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on
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There will be tons of bike parking.
I believe they are working with Marianos too (grocery store to be built across the street at the sears parking lot) for ample bike parking too.
Duppie said:How about bike parking? Any specific info on that? As an occasional user of that station there are often 80-100 bikes locked up. I'd say that volume warrants some good solution, beyond placing a bunch of U shaped bike racks...
Oh, and I hope that rendering is inaccurate. That east wall is exceptionally ugly...
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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on
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It will be a HUGE improvement. Used that station regularly for a while when I lived on the north side, and it left a lot to be desired.
Thunder Snow said:Looks to be a big improvement from what's currently here, particularly the warming shelters and ticket agent's booth:
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Ok, that makes some sense.
I am a big fan of building the new tracks to the west of the current ones. This means that some day in the future when demand calls for it they can convert it a 3-track operation, thereby nearly doubling capacity....I'll take ugly walls in return.
Still, the station building looks unnecessarily uninspired...
Cameron Puetz said:Mostly it's an issue of money. Those precast concrete panels are a very cost effective way to build a durable retaining wall. As part of shifting the right of way to keep two tracks open throughout the bridge replacement project, Metra had to build a lot of wall. The cost of the wall was pushing the bridge project over budget, so we got a low budget wall. On the flip side as the CTA Morgan Green/Pink station shows, when transit agencies go the other way and spend extra to get something architecturally interesting they take a lot of flack for being wastefull.
Duppie said:On the north side of Lawrence, yes.
Which begs the question: Why are public transportation projects almost always designed to look ugly? Those hard looking straight-edged lines are really the best they could do?
Where is Jeanne Gang when we need her?
Jared said:Haven't they already built a wall like that on the other side?
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The work they have done so far actually does look like that: Concrete molded to resemble natural stone.
Cameron Puetz said:Although looking closer, it can't be totally accurate since it still shows the old bridge girders.
Cameron Puetz said:Looking at the retaining wall that's been installed south of there as part of the bridge work, the rendering is probably pretty close.
Duppie said:Oh, and I hope that rendering is inaccurate. That east wall is exceptionally ugly...
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Permalink Reply by Barry Aldridge on
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I like bike parking that is inside the station so it's more secure (like at the Chicago Red Line station) or at least not completely hidden off-street, like at the Clybourn station (where we all know there are lots of bikes stolen).
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Permalink Reply by Eric R on
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I don't want to give the kids any ideas but... that concrete wall looks like a great canvas for graffiti. If that is the design then the neighborhood association should get ahead of the problem by (hiring) painting a neighborhood-friendly mural, otherwise look forward to some scribbles with black spray paint.
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