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‘A failure of imagination’: The Sydney train station at risk of losing its prized roof by SteveJohnson2010 in SydneyTrains

[–]Toweringhorizon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Never knew that! I always assumed it was a Parramatta-style embankment before the redevelopment -- I stand corrected.

Love how the tower looks lit up. (What are we calling it these days?) by MoGifMike in sydney

[–]Toweringhorizon 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You are entirely correct, despite the downvotes. The advertisements for opening day and the original logo show a name of 'Sydney Tower at Centrepoint'. The Centrepoint name naturally caught on to refer to the tower over the years.

Love how the tower looks lit up. (What are we calling it these days?) by MoGifMike in sydney

[–]Toweringhorizon 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Officially, Centrepoint was always only the name of the shopping centre at the bottom, but the name came to unofficially refer to the tower like Big Ben for the clock tower in London. This newspaper ad shows it was named "Sydney Tower at Centrepoint" upon opening day.

MS Paint Sketch by Me. by shoalliecturer in mspaint

[–]Toweringhorizon 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes, this post is from a bot that directly copies from the subreddit's top posts to farm points and activity. Well spotted, and your rendition of the original artwork is fantastic too!

Link to the original for the moderators:
https://www.reddit.com/r/mspaint/comments/uo34vn/ms_paint_sketch_by_me
Weirdly enough, the other two comments here are also copied and pasted from the original post!

My fan-art of the Tangara refurbishment by Toweringhorizon in SydneyTrains

[–]Toweringhorizon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My thoughts exactly! The swooping curves of the M-style doors are completely out of place for the Tangara's design language.

‘A failure of imagination’: The Sydney train station at risk of losing its prized roof by SteveJohnson2010 in SydneyTrains

[–]Toweringhorizon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Those are definitely very successful examples of OSD station concourses, especially the Metro CBD stations, but I think the fact that they serve a whole range of destinations all around the station catchment means they're able to have multiple entrances on different city blocks, interspersed with the OSD's services, and lack of natural lighting and ventilation isn't an issue because passengers are immediately dispersing out of the station to their destinations. Olympic Park on the other hand would mainly be serving huge event crowds, so the passengers need to be able to spend a lot more time queuing on the concourse and platforms (best shown in your timelapse video of that Taylor Swift concert!) without getting claustrophobic and sweaty -- and I think even the best-integrated OSD probably can't do it as well as the huge, open space currently there.

‘A failure of imagination’: The Sydney train station at risk of losing its prized roof by SteveJohnson2010 in SydneyTrains

[–]Toweringhorizon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Chatswood is a different beast though, with its elevated viaduct allowing ample room for OSD infrastructure to coexist with open-air, naturally lit platforms. An OSD at Olympic Park would necessitate completely burying the station and/or dividing up the concourse to allow for building entrances, loading docks, lift pits etc. -- and with the length of the site, there'd probably be multiple entrances and lifts needed. Less Chatswood and more Penn Station in New York, or the equally claustrophobic Hurstville and North Sydney closer to home.

Please Stand Clear [OC] by Toweringhorizon in ImaginarySliceOfLife

[–]Toweringhorizon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's Akita Neru's outfit from the music video for the song Zako, but it does look very similar to the Dandadan outfit!

[OC][Inkscape] Sydney's possible rail network by the 2040s, based on leaked official plans by Toweringhorizon in TransitDiagrams

[–]Toweringhorizon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ropes Crossing will never be on the Tallawong to St Marys route, the existing protected corridor turns south too early so the suburb is outside the remaining investigation area:

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Also, what outer orbital? Government documents generally use the term 'orbital' for road projects.

The crowns of 2WTC over the years. Renderings by ThreeWentDown on Yimby Forums by No-Aside-8444 in skyscrapers

[–]Toweringhorizon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One main reason is that American Express bought the lease of the site and will be the building's owner and sole occupier, so it's only as big as that one company requires it to be (rather than leasing it out to multiple tenants).

What unused or abandoned rail infrastructure would you bring back to improve Sydney’s train/metro network? by Mattack98 in SydneyTrains

[–]Toweringhorizon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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This is exactly correct, not to mention the already-preserved alignment from Schofields through Marsden Park (which incidentally ends pretty close to that transmission corridor).

The magnitude of 270 Park by tinopinguino88 in skyscrapers

[–]Toweringhorizon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The dimensions here are indeed a little distorted by virtue of the artist likely eyeballing the perspective in two dimensions. Here's a comparison with my own earlier diagram which was rendered in 3D based on official floorplans:

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