Szablyár Péter: Step by step - Our Budapest (Budapest, 2010)
The reppearence of stairway entrance structures gone' missing
■ The entrance structure at Deák tér in 1896 (Mór Erdélyi) Opera House) ensuring the accident-free use of the stairs on the one hand and protecting the passengers waiting for the train down on the platforms from the draughts blowing from above on the other. Albert Schickedanz and György Brüggemann were commissioned to design the structures. The former drew the plans of for the entrance structures at the Gizella tér terminus and at Oktogon, with the latter designing the small edifices for the remaining five stops. Brüggemann's design for the miniature buildings continued the slant of the stairs with their roofs, creating a peculiar atmosphere with their open-work glass surfaces, especially when the structures were lit up. The curious edifices were not long-lived, though. The municipality demolished them on by one, starting at Gizella tér, Oktogon in 1912 and then all the others in 1924. The stations were fitted with storm doors at the bottom of the stairs and the openings of the entrances were surrounded by tubular railing. At least one of the entrance buildings should be restored for posterity ... Bearing witness to the spiral evolution of history is an aspect of how metro line 4, an investment under construction for decades now, is being built. A quaint structure resembling a flying saucer was erected above the Baross utca entrance to the Kálvin tér Station, provoking heated debates from the time it first appeared. True, it was built a little too high and it has no side walls either, but it can at least be seen from afar. 76
