Despite it’s many problems, Metro is still an architectural masterpiece.
1 comment
You may also like
Air freshener included
Recession got you down? Can’t afford a Sierra, Tiburon, Tahoe, or Sonoma? Then try one of these new California-themed vehicles:
Chevy Milpitas
Ford Colma
Hyundai Hemet
Saturn Oxnard
Toyota Salinas
April 2, 2009
This is the 5000th entry
I didn’t really have anything interesting to say here, and the current political bugaboos are being covered by the vaunted Mainstream Media™. So, this is just a little note to let you know I have been [more...]
December 5, 2007
PowerBooks in the desert
In a fluff piece about reporters covering a possible Iraq war, WRC-TV (Washington’s NBC O&O) showed how journalists are equipped: sleeping bags, tents, water, wet wipes… and an Apple PowerBook. The NBC [more...]
February 25, 2003
It’s too bad they had to install those sound baffles in most of the coffers. And the stains from leakage are unfortunate. And of course they ran out of money and had to switch to a less-expensive architecture than the wonderful coffers for the newer, outlying underground stations…
But nothing is as annoying as the fact that most of the escalators are broken on my route on any given day. Farragut West 17th street exit always has at least one down escalator. It looks like they are taking the Washington Posts’s suggestion and turning them off and calling them ‘stairs.’