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Originally Posted by ardecila
The dim lighting is magical
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Unfortunately Metro didn't agree; unless I'm mistaken, by the 80s new stations were already better lit. The extension north of Dupont Circle (for example) has had noticeably brighter stations for as long as I can remember.
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Originally Posted by ardecila
Some places, like the Smithsonian stop, have escalators directly on the mall... a canopy there would literally ruin one of the world's great urban vistas.
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It wouldn't really though since the station entrance is in the side strip of trees, off of the lawn area. There are already other structures in there.
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Originally Posted by VivaLFuego
There's been a 15+ year program to gradually add canopies to more of these - such as e.g. the south entrance to Dupont Circle, Eastern Market, Woodley Park, Cleveland Park, but for most locations it's a bureaucratically intense process requiring approval and design review of both the NPS and NCPC.
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True, but they appear to have "carte blanche" approval since the same design is being used on all open escalator entrances, with the exception of Dupont Circle North which is a modified design. The same canopies are being installed across the whole system, outside the core and even in the burbs. Curiously, the canopies at Columbia Heights and Georgia Ave are a completely different design, resembling bunkers more than anything; iirc those were constructed originally along with the stations.