Rest Assure; the escalators will be fixed by 2011.
Kellin Lyons Bliss on Nov 17th 2009
The new signs assuring Baruch students that the escalators will be fixed by 2011 are not providing any relief. I mean, 2011? Really?
I’m not just complaining about the fact that the escalators don’t work, because it’s too easy and too many people are already whining about them. What I am complaining about is the design of the vertical campus. The Architectural firm of Kohn, Pedersen, Fox and Associates obviously didn’t put any thought into what might happen if the escalators were to break.
Other than the elevators–which is another story–the only way to get to the third floor is by walking up the dormant escalators. The design seems much more efficient once you reach the third floor where you can walk up a large stairwell without having your face in somebody’s book bag. So I ask, why aren’t there a normal set of stairs going from the second floor lobby to the third floor? Another grand stairwell like the one from the first floor to the second floor lobby would do wonders.
So, getting back to my point about the signs that tell me to be patient. By 2011, there will be new escalators, hooray. They’ll break, and I’ll write another blog. Let me design a stairwell please.
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5 Responses to “Rest Assure; the escalators will be fixed by 2011.”
Oh this made me giggle. I just had about a half-hour long conversation about this during club hours. “We hope to have them fixed by the end of 2011?” I love how they stick the “hope” in there, like, hey, it might not even be fixed by then, but don’t say we didn’t warn you. At this rate, I might be able to spend my last semester at this school riding the escalators!
I totally understand and agree! I didn’t even notice that signs saying that about the escalators so thanks for informing me about that. The school is always up for raising tuition prices but they always fail at putting it back into the school and repairing things that will help us move around easier and quicker.
An exploration of why the escalators are broken would reveal much about the building philosophy of the Vertical Campus.
Haha this made me laugh too, especially the bit about walking up with someone’s book bag in your face, so entirely true it’s not even funny. Honestly, by 2011, I’ll have already left this school, or just be leaving anyways, so their signs are providing no relief whatsoever. Ever since I attended freshman orientation back in Fall ’08, the escalators were broken. Enough is enough, either build a staircase or remove the signs. I’m pretty sure they’re just further agitating the problem.
wow, I wonder the same thing… it’s ridiculous! If MTA can fix broken escalators in about a day or two why wont we have escalators until 2011? It shouldn’t take that long. And then the elevators get even more crowded with people who don’t want to walk up three flights of stairs. The whole situation is annoying!