The Privatization of Beauty: Magnificent Subway Systems Around the World

In the world of public architecture, a war is being waged in the press. Polarizing Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava's World Trade Centre Transit Hub on the site of ground zero in NYC has finally opened (or, parts of it, anyways), and is causing both furor and fervour, in equal measure. The New York Times derided it as little more than an "Instagram ready attraction" and "the 18th-busiest subway stop in New York City, tucked inside a shopping mall, down the block from another shopping center"...