Not just this, other stations on line are really fancy, lots of sandstone, huge open spaces, extravagant artworks… it’s really impressive for a city that’s usually pretty tacky.

Ya I think most of the budget issues are tunneling related.

but hyperstylized stations like this will look weird and dated in 30-40 years.

Yeah, but if they survive another few decades after that without being torn down / remodeled, they graduate to historic and become cool again.

The key is to not let the the public get a hold of them in that interim period when everybody thinks they suck (looking at you, brutalism).

Personally, I’m a fan of the style of the 1970s-1980s era metro stations in my city and (unlike the transit authority) don’t think they need to be renovated.