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Mini-Stories: Volume 15

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The DC Metro System - A Space Odyssey

Zachary Shrag is a historian who studied the Washington Metro system. Harry Weis was inspired by those train systems from around the world. He ended up designing these vaulted underground stations with coffered ceilings that look kind of like a waffle. The stations are lit with hidden lights that cast dramatic shadows.

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