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Originally Posted by ChiShawn
The CTA rendering has it looking like part of an auto spaghetti bowl. (See this video starting at 0:49) Luckily they're just the showing what could happen not the actual design. Walsh-Fluor got awarded the contract to actually design and build it. So I guess we'll see what they come up with. |
You’re not wrong, it probably will look like a highway structure but a bit narrower. There is a similar structure on the Orange Line at 18th St. The only realistic way (cost-wise) to avoid that appearance is to build an open deck structure like the old-school L structures or like the new Pink Line structure. Unfortunately this would probably create too much noise in the surrounding area, both low frequency vibrations and high frequency screeching, so it would fail Environmental Impact.
I’m not too concerned about it honestly. CTA can still do a decorative treatment on the concrete supports so they look fine from a pedestrian level, and most of the structure will be hidden from view once the Clark St sites get infilled.