SkyTrain Station Renovations - Page 89

MIPS · #**1761** Posted **Jan 26, 2016, 4:12 AM**

Compared to other above-ground stations like Scott Road or Lincoln station it looks really really cool and makes the stations prominent among the mid-rises that now surround most of them. Kinda needed these days since TransLink has been taking down the old unmaintained SkyTrain station signs at various corners.
Also reminds me of some old Mass Driver concept artwork.

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You have some bland tastes if you don't think it looks cool, or you have no imagination.

Even at age 20 when I first went to Vancouver and realized what it was my first response was..

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This.....looks...so.....AWESOME!!

Sheba · #**1762** Posted **Jan 26, 2016, 5:03 AM**

I think we can all agree that painting them white is a mistake.

GlassCity · #**1763** Posted **Jan 26, 2016, 5:30 AM**

I think they're hideous but I love their 80s vibe. Stationhouses should be kept as they are unless it's really necessary to rebuild them. We have plenty of other opportunities to build nice, modern looking stations.

VancouverOfTheFuture · #**1764** Posted **Jan 26, 2016, 8:22 AM**

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I think we can all agree that painting them white is a mistake.

yup. because with the green colour they are, they are the same green as that mold/slimy moss stuff. so you cant tell when they are filthy. but being white, they will now show ALL of that green stuff within a year and i doubt they will be cleaning them often enough, if at all. sure it may freshen it up for the first year, but it will look horrid after that.

retro_orange · #**1765** Posted **Feb 4, 2016, 10:22 AM**

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yup. because with the green colour they are, they are the same green as that mold/slimy moss stuff. so you cant tell when they are filthy. but being white, they will now show ALL of that green stuff within a year and i doubt they will be cleaning them often enough, if at all. sure it may freshen it up for the first year, but it will look horrid after that.

I think it would be badass if they painted the old style stations in the bright primary colours that were used for expo 86.

or just the simple blue and white

Pic from https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expo_86

MIPS · #**1766** Posted **Feb 4, 2016, 7:25 PM**

The downtown stations all used red highlights instead of green. The only thing that was ever blue was the signage.

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officedweller · #**1767** Posted **Feb 4, 2016, 9:04 PM**

Those were also the BC Transit colours.

Jebby · #**1768** Posted **Feb 4, 2016, 11:28 PM**

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Those were also the BC Transit colours.

They could use grey, as that's in the new TransLink livery.

officedweller · #**1769** Posted **Feb 5, 2016, 12:00 AM**

Yeah, that would hide dirt (and be better than yellow)., but may be a bit drab.

MIPS · #**1770** Posted **Feb 5, 2016, 3:44 AM**

Grey would be hideous. Just look at New Westminster once the renos are finished.

Sheba · #**1771** Posted **Feb 5, 2016, 4:46 AM**

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Grey would be hideous. Just look at New Westminster once the renos are finished.

Dark grey would be bad but a light silver grey would be nice, paired with bright blue and white (like the T signs they're using now).

MIPS · #**1772** Posted **Feb 11, 2016, 3:50 PM**

Was back in the region again briefly so I took the time to see how the renos were going along.
As mentioned, the new hoop trusses are installed at Metrotown.

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Further down the line, 29th Avenue is now completely encapsulated in plastic for painting. It feels like an art exhibit inside now with TVM's hiding in nooks, cameras sticking out of holes and just the whole building covered in saran wrap.

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Progress at Broadway seems good as well. Foundations for the new bridge over the cut are now also completed.

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Meanwhile down at Main Street that absolutely awful storebought fluorescent light that was over the elevator has now been replaced with a proper custom fixture.

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Later that night as I left New Westminster I spotted more tube steel frame pieces sitting in the yard. We're looking good for a new hoop over here as well it seems.

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aberdeen5698 · #**1773** Posted **Feb 11, 2016, 4:29 PM**

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Meanwhile down at Main Street that absolutely awful storebought fluorescent light that was over the elevator has now been replaced with a proper custom fixture.

It's probably exactly the same light, just that they've now installed an enclosure around it.

BCPhil · #**1774** Posted **Feb 12, 2016, 10:39 PM**

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Yeah, that would hide dirt (and be better than yellow)., but may be a bit drab.

Hiding dirt is a double edged sword.

It's like having black countertops in your kitchen: they always look clean, but that just means you have no idea how dirty they actually are.

I'm hoping the white will encourage them to perform more preventative maintenance and cleaning, something the whole system could use more of.

teriyaki · #**1775** Posted **Feb 12, 2016, 10:55 PM**

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It's probably exactly the same light, just that they've now installed an enclosure around it.

And is it just me or is that light completely off-centre from the elevator opening??

MIPS · #**1776** Posted **Feb 12, 2016, 11:12 PM**

It's centered with the opening for the elevator, but not the door.
My inner OCD-ridden child is screaming but I'm just going to say I'm happy they replaced the light.

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I'm hoping the white will encourage them to perform more preventative maintenance and cleaning, something the whole system could use more of.

Annual pressure washing of the stations would be amazing but they'd NEVER do that.

VancouverOfTheFuture · #**1777** Posted **Feb 13, 2016, 1:06 AM**

[I][/what is the point of these renovations? it seems pointless to me really since they aren't making the platforms longer. so many other systems have stations many years older that haven't been renovated. this just seems like a pointless waste of money to me.

i was in Main Street station and i have to say, they put so much work into it i cant believe they didn't elongate the platform. and it didn't look like they could easily do it anyways because of some pillars and stairs. in 20/30 years they will just have to do oit again while NYC's will still be 100+30 years old.

BCPhil · #**1778** Posted **Feb 13, 2016, 1:25 AM**

Many of the original stations were built back when the population of Metro Vancouver was about 1.2 million. Also, building stations to be accessible to people with disabilities was a bit of an afterthought. Also, Main Street was built before they fully planned the rest of the line. So there were a lot of design issues with the station.

Also, things get old and need fixing and repairs. Even New York operates on the assumption that their stations are going to need a major repair every 35 years.

WBC · #**1779** Posted **Feb 13, 2016, 1:47 AM**

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Was back in the region again briefly so I took the time to see how the renos were going along.
As mentioned, the new hoop trusses are installed at Metrotown.

I thought that glass would replace wire mesh on Metrotown station? Is that new wire mesh temporary?

Sheba · #**1780** Posted **Feb 13, 2016, 2:17 AM**

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I thought that glass would replace wire mesh on Metrotown station? Is that new wire mesh temporary?

If you mean the bright white mesh, that's old (but not original, which is why it doesn't look like the rest of the station). Some of the other stations have it too. You can see it on Google maps before the reno began.

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Originally Posted by MIPS

Was back in the region again briefly so I took the time to see how the renos were going along.
As mentioned, the new hoop trusses are installed at Metrotown.

Images courtesy of MIPS