And with all those empty blue seats up there in the terrace and pavilion levels in right field and left field, the atmosphere is just not as intimidating.
The station's center platform is located 12 m underground, with an entrance pavilion at street level.
First, it is using $250 million in federal grants that came through the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation and $80 million from New York State for the museum's plaza-level pavilion.
What strikes you is a majestic simplicity; carved into the rolling hills, the view from the pavilion is split-level, a green surface under an alternately blue or grey sky.
The Wood Gallery Pavilion added three levels of gallery space as well as a dining area and education suite, while the Deer Zink Pavilion added additional space for private and public events.
All of this time spent waiting is not merely irksome; it also serves to build anticipation for a show that feels flimsy and unfinished.The centrepiece, such as it is, is "Songlines", which winds around the upper level of the pavilion.
"Little intimate corners that you might not have noticed before, like the Blue Room, the Spirit Level, or the Pavilions on the sixth floor, which overlook London in a beautiful way".
What you see is a Klee-like pavilion, a transparent architecture of levels and layers set against a wild blue yonder, the whole business held in place by a framing ink line.
A grandly scaled outdoor staircase ascends from it to a party space on the top level of the auditorium pavilion.
But to the side of the ground there is a big double-decker wooden pavilion and there, in the lower level, behind the bar are two photographs.
On an upper level of the Pier 17 pavilion in Lower Manhattan, a shop called Seaport Dollars marketed a stack of "freedom dollars" featuring the face of Gov. Jan Brewer of Arizona.
