Pearl Street neighborhood is located on the southside of Denver along a light rail line. The area has a strong transit support system including, rail, bike facilities and bus. Note: I try and not take pics of people, but there where people out and about. Pics were taken late on a weekday afternoon, beginning of December.

 

Transit station

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Newer TOD next to the station.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another Denver Cycle Station.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lord, that area changed!

Looks very nice!  Reminds me of South Pasadena a bit in the architecture and layout.

Cool neighborhood! It does sort of look like South Pasadena!

Very cool neighborhood, but the transit station is absolutely hideous!!  Why don't they design it of architecture area restaurants and businesses can be proud of instead of?

It looks like an area where I'd enjoy an afternoon stroll or spending a little time at a coffee house or cafe, but way above my budget or comfort zone for day-to-day living.

 

Very cool neighborhood, but the transit station is absolutely hideous!!  Why don't they design it of architecture area restaurants and businesses can be proud of instead of?

 

The elevator entrance is a visual slap in the face compared with much of the surroundings, but I think the rather whimsical nature of the leaf-inspired canopy and railing fits.

It looks like an area where I'd enjoy an afternoon stroll or spending a little time at a coffee house or cafe, but way above my budget or comfort zone for day-to-day living.

 

Very cool neighborhood, but the transit station is absolutely hideous!! Why don't they design it of architecture area restaurants and businesses can be proud of instead of?

 

The elevator entrance is a visual slap in the face compared with much of the surroundings, but I think the rather whimsical nature of the leaf-inspired canopy and railing fits.

 

I guess I'm not much of a fan of whimsical.  I think it would be 100% appropriate for a playground or park, but not a transit station.  I wish when it comes to designing transit stations we'd look toward Europe for contemporary or at least early 1900 U.S. if were going for throwbacks.

I guess I can accept that. I've seen some attractive yet unique designs in a few North American systems. It's been a while since I was out that way, but as I recall, some of the stations on the O'Hare extension of the Blue Line beyond Jefferson Park received some acclaim for their architecture when they opened.

 

I haven't yet scanned the negatives, but from a visit several years ago I remember Calgary's C-Train stations having a clean, functional, accessible design without being extravagant.

 

One thing that's missing on many US stations is real, effective protection for riders in inclement weather. Some of Chicago's CTA elevated stations are absolutely brutal, regardless of the small open-sided sheltered areas with the overhead infrared heaters, during the sometimes long off-peak waits. The old, open, wood-platform Metra Electric stations on the South Side are just plain nasty.

I guess I can accept that. I've seen some attractive yet unique designs in a few North American systems. It's been a while since I was out that way, but as I recall, some of the stations on the O'Hare extension of the Blue Line beyond Jefferson Park received some acclaim for their architecture when they opened.

 

I haven't yet scanned the negatives, but from a visit several years ago I remember Calgary's C-Train stations having a clean, functional, accessible design without being extravagant.

 

One thing that's missing on many US stations is real, effective protection for riders in inclement weather. Some of Chicago's CTA elevated stations are absolutely brutal, regardless of the small open-sided sheltered areas with the overhead infrared heaters, during the sometimes long off-peak waits. The old, open, wood-platform Metra Electric stations on the South Side are just plain nasty.

 

Most of RTD stations are fairly minimual in design, with a standard design package so far (it will be interesting to see if they change up the design package as they build more routes). There are some exceptions. With that said, I am thrilled to have this much mass transit were I live, along with multiple lines currently underconstruction or in the design stage. I will say that I like Union Station's plans and I also like the DIA transit station design as well (both under construction). Those two will definitely bring some unique design and architecture to the system.

 

Here are a few pics of Union Station:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pics of DIA Transit Station:

 

 

union station will look great, but wow thats a bit grand for denver airport. i know they are quite a hub, but how many actually leave the airport? i love it though -- they make no small plans with transit in denver!

union station will look great, but wow thats a bit grand for denver airport. i know they are quite a hub, but how many actually leave the airport? i love it though -- they make no small plans with transit in denver!

 

I don't know the breakdown of how many leave, depart or transfer at the airport, but its total passenger count (50 million+) is 4th highest (it goes back and forth between DIA and Dallas) in the US and was 10th in the world in 2009.

Are there a lot of hungarians in Denver?