They are bland, unlovable, mostly character-less…pic.twitter.com/e2CNnxlbiD
Writing a book about the history of keyboards: http://aresluna.org/shift-happens · Design manager @figmadesign · Typographer · Occasional speaker · He/him
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They are bland, unlovable, mostly character-less…pic.twitter.com/e2CNnxlbiD
…all built in the 1970s and 1980s, brutalist just enough to hate, but without the one thing that usually (I think) salvages brutalism: an ambition of scale.pic.twitter.com/pFVAo2m5Ki
Sure, there are some nice moments, like the (recent) rainbow escalators in the Castro district, bold colours, or incidental art.pic.twitter.com/U7tfeJrl0J
And outside of the boring and predictable Helvetica/Frutiger combination, there is some wonderful (if rare!) type, if you really look for it.pic.twitter.com/dbOlRFZcIx
But otherwise it’s like utilidors under Disney World – often feeling like you’re not actually meant to be there, with the stations, the trains, and the signage being almost… repulsive.pic.twitter.com/dPaRP0lQ2r
…except, that is, for Forest Hill Station. It was built in 1918, and for many decades served regular streetcars that travelled underground. (Eventually, the rest of the metro was built up, and streetcars replaced by light rail.)pic.twitter.com/VoA8uecAY8
It’s the deepest station in the system. Its elevators remind me of London…pic.twitter.com/xRD53WDpA9
…and its stairs of New York.pic.twitter.com/0VL5RRfsSP
(Not to mention the tiles!)pic.twitter.com/JxzYDuWOxJ
Should note that Forest Hill's platform facade were all built along with the rest of the system during that same "bland" era. SF has 12 subway stations, you're leaving out the BART ones. BART built the Muni stations around the same time and have the same 2-pattern styles
Yeah, I caveated BART in the last tweet. :·) But none of BART is 100 years old.
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