Despite it’s many problems, Metro is still an architectural masterpiece.
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December 15, 2012
I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter
As I lay in bed, half asleep A visitor crept in, and took a peep Hidden from view for quite a while Its sudden appearance made me smile But quick as a wink, as I leapt from bed The clouds outside began to spread I ran [more...]
April 7, 2006
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.’