First impressions

Mike Foley

Retired Bank Manager and Poet

Stratford terminus. Here beauty is not sacrificed for structure. I like the idea that the roof is used to change the air. It is a comfortable space and I am happy to linger beneath this beautiful curving canopy and admire the glass balustrade to the staircase and walkways.

West Ham I find oppressive and overbearing. There is a lack of light in the tic I find that surprising for such a that there is no adornment - function and aesthetic merged into one. There is so much modern station.

Canning Town is stupendous because of its creative use of concrete and the fact hall corridors and too much red brick everywhere. natural light flooding into the station passageways and ticket hall. There is the drama