Before I get started with today's post, I thought that I would show you the window that produced the rainbow barcode that I showed you in the header photo.
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(Pre-Covid lockdown) This post was actually photographed back in April, 2021.
Don't you think that is a gorgeous building? I do. Next stop, as you see on the sign, is Britomart.
Here it is. It's not beautiful in the same was the building above is beautiful, but it's interesting. It'll be better when they get the scaffolding out of the way. They're also going to give the exterior a face-lift. We'll all have to wait a bit longer to see that.
We're in downtown Auckland, New Zealand, of course, and Britomart, the train station, is about to reopen its front doors. For about the last four years, we've have to enter from the back side, while work on the new rail line was in progress. In fact, the square you're looking at now was once a very deep hole. The new tunnel and tracks are down there now awaiting the completion of other sections of the line.
People are starting to line up, just think, the first to walk through those doors in years.
And here we go. I'm not the first one in, but I'm in the first wave.
Lots of room in here.
Looking toward the central dome
The bench beneath the dome.
The stained glass dome.
On the ground level, looking down to the first sub-level. I'm standing in front of the elevators.
This is the the train level. It feels good to have Britomart back. I wish it still had the SUBWAY in it, instead of the Starbucks that now is in that space. Oh well.
Those escalators that you see in the background are moving 1/3 faster than the old ones did. (You can't tell, I know. You'll have to take my word for it.) -djf
It is so great to see something opening and not closing these days. I love the look of the new area of the Britomart. I like Subway so I would miss that also. The rainbow bar codes are beautiful and remind me of the prisms in the movie "Pollyanna" but this is much more sophisticated than the prisms of the old days in that movie. Enjoy being able to go into the Britomart from the front. McKenzie
ReplyDeleteThanks, McKenzie. We have just dropped back to level three again but have a long ways to go before we're back to normal...
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you have Britomart back. I like how big and spacious it looks inside and the central dome is gorgeous too!
ReplyDeleteWhere will the new rail lines take you once they are completed? New adventures maybe?
I enjoyed your side-story on the rainbow bar codes. And thanks, McKenzie for mentioning the prisms in 'Pollyanna' - that was a nice memory for me too!
The new line will connect with the Western Line at Mt. Eden, and will open up additional points to board it within the city. It will also mean that I won't have to go through Newmarket when I go into the city.
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