New bus shelter, this one in Livingston Street, at Court in downtown Brooklyn. Isn't it nice to know where you are just by lookng at the bus shelter? I worked on one of the teams that was responding to the RFP for the street furniture, and one of my tasks was to take photos of existing bus shelters in different contexts throughout all five boroughs so that we could figure out how to meet the needs of all the different neighborhoods with the new design. It turned into an unnecessarily difficult task because the bus shelters all look the same and they have basically no identifying marks, except maybe the name of the bus line on the post near it.
And the new recycling bins, this set in Union Square.
If only I can get our office's management company to recycle - or maybe they should put some of these in midtown, close to the office buildings. When SL Green isn't recycling, that means lots of office buildings, and their tenants, are not recycling.
And finally, enjoying some cafe time.
6.02.2007
New stuff around town...
Posted by Shin-pei at 11:59 AM
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Your point that a bus shelter COULD signify location, but doesn't. It strikes me that it's a question of tradeoff between local identity and functional purpose. If bus shelters are all identical, it's easy to spot them. Thus they're more functional. But, if they had more individual identity, it would bolster local community but make shelters less functional. What do you think?
--Steve
The design has to strike the fine line between being functional and immediately recognizable and reflecting some of the local culture. The thing that I like about the new design is that the location is obviously marked on the bus shelter. In the example above, it says "Livingston and Court." I only noticed it when I was labeling the photo, and realized that it was a bit redundant. So hey, that works!
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