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在纽约市政艺术协会年度峰会上,建筑设计师Norman Foster向与会者详细展示了他设计的纽约中央车站的扩容规划方案。纽约中央车站是纽约最著名的地标之一,甚至还有可能称得上是纽约最完美的市民公共空间。然而,长期以来,纽约中央车站在某些方面取得成功的同时,在另一方面也饱受诟病。设计吞吐量为每天75,000人次的中央车站如今却面临着高峰时段百万游客的吞吐压力。其最直接的后果就是严重的拥挤;车站中央大厅下方的地铁线由于难以承受如此大的客流量而显得运量严重不足;来往游客对此怨声载道。更有甚者,车站周边的街道车辆堵塞极其严重,时常出现行人与机动车抢道的场面,存在极大的安全隐患。车站附近每天拔地而起的高楼大厦几乎吞没了车站周边本来就极其有限的空间。Norman Foster的规划方案指出,车站内部需要建造更加宽敞的中央大厅,
Norman Foster, architect of the New York City Council of Art’s annual summit, gave a detailed presentation of the expansion plan he designed for New York City’s Central Station. New York City’s Central Station is one of New York’s most famous landmarks and may even claim to be New York’s perfect public space. However, New York City Central Station has long been criticized in some aspects for its success, on the other hand. Central Station, which has a throughput of 75,000 passengers per day, now faces the pressure of 1 million tourists during peak hours. The most direct consequence is serious congestion; the subway line below the central hall of the station appears to be seriously under-served because of the unacceptable flow of such large traffic; What is more, the vehicles in the streets around the station are extremely clogged, and there are often scenes of pedestrians and motorized vehicles being robbed. There is a huge potential safety hazard. The towering buildings rising daily from the station almost swallowed up the extremely limited space around the station. Norman Foster’s planning plan points out that a more spacious central hall needs to be built inside the station,