Comment 59087

By Mogadon Megalodon (anonymous) | Posted February 02, 2011 at 08:13:03 in reply to Comment 59075

Yesterday, while busier than a normal Tuesday, was not a real measure of how the redesign will fare under peak strain. I'm young and spry, but even I found the corridors a little tighter than before. I'm not sure how the ramp measures up, but it feels a bit snug. Maybe that'ss just a faulty first impression, but it was also one made with many of the stalls barely decorated. (The market office, however, seemed larger and more spartan than ever, a fishtank aesthetic that had me expecting Anna Bradford to pull a David Blaine.) If more eye candy accretes over time, it might be like passing through the bowels of a pinata. I'm happy to wait and see, but my first impression was on the cool side of lukewarm.

As for the accessibility issue, there were very few if any wheelchair/walker/scooter/baby carriage customers out while I was there, so I was unable to gauge what sort of backlog the elevator will create, but I'd guess that you'll have lineups on both ends; as opposed to the fluid one-way service and large capacity of the escalator, we've got two-way service with a reduced passenger capacity. My guess is that this will be a point of friction, but again I'll play wait-and-see.

PS: Is the Birks clock fully functional? I had been in the library on the hour a couple of times since it was installed and was unable to detect charging or chimes.

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