Denver Union Station

However, the design esthetic of the room miserably fails in the choice of faddy, pseudo ultra-lounge furnishings. I likened this "in" style as the new shag carpet. It doesn't play to the strengths of the room and contrarily competes directly in a feeble attempt to establish it's own statement. Another mystery is why was it necessary to replace the original benches? I presume they wouldn't coordinate with the dreadful tuck & button couches and wing back chairs, and certainly not with the prison tables, benches, and stools out front of the lower lounge. The upside is that when they discover the error of their way, all that crap can be pulled-out and sent to the same place the shag went, to the corn field.

a lot of times restorations are done as people think the public will want to see the building, not as it really was.  They may also have had budget problems.  

Neither excuses bad taste nor poor judgment. Furthermore, as a professional designer, I can promise that lack of budget was not the issue here. Though it may appear so, that crap furniture was not collected by chance, it's all custom built for this particular project. Additionally, it will not stand the test time neither esthetically or physically, a quality design is timeless. Change for the sake of change is not always the best solution, rather, that's how they get paid.

A real disappointment then.  That means there isn't much chance they will chance their mind - bad taste remains bad taste.