About the only real modern touch at the facility are the HD flatscreens with information for transit users. And on the top level, you'll find the old and the new - Montgomery County taxicabs share the deck with modern rideshare vehicles such as Enterprise.
Here are some scenes from the very first day of operations at the Transit Center:
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| Possibly appropriate bus ad |
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| Soviet Eastern Europe wants its design back |
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| This architectural style is known as Nouveau Concrete |
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| Does this thing have NFL Sunday Ticket? |
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| It's holding so far... |
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| Enterprise car share on the roof |
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| For more retro folks... |
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| Still holding... |
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| I'm a bike locker! And I'm on the roof! |
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| Enjoy the view from the roof... |
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| ...and try to forget that there are years of lawsuits ahead over the Transit Center |
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| Maybe they can put up a nice building on this green space to hide the Transit Center |
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| Opening Day souvenir brochure |
I think the plan is to put a 13 story high hotel or something on the green space.
ReplyDeleteIts also a nice touch to put the bike lockers at the top of the building instead of ground level.
"Maybe they can put up a
ReplyDeletenice building on this green space
to hide the Transit Center"
Yep, that's the point - to fit 2 or 3 highrises on the property. Unfortunately, Foulger-Pratt was supposed to be the developer of that project, so WMATA cancelled that agreement after everything clusterfudged. Hopefully a new RFP is issued by WMATA within the next couple months so shovels can hit the ground sometime this decade.
"Maybe they can put up a
ReplyDeletenice building on this green space
to hide the Transit Center."
*Peals*
They can always hire a local artist to paint a grass mural along one of those concrete girders.
If they feel guilty, they can set aside a 3" x 3" "courtyard" space and fit a Bonsai Forest. Now THAT'S Green.
Alternatively, they can add a second 3' x 3' Bonsai Forest next to the bike rack on the roof and call it "Progressively Green."
Of course, to fund the second forest, they may find the need to create an independent, autonomous agency with unlimited clipping power over all residential hedges. The ICA.
:)