The station was designed by the firm of Corlett & Spackman and architect Ernest Born in the brutalist style.

[4] The November 1974 Architectural Record wrote of the station: The dramatic volume of the station–one of the deepest in the system–unfolds at the escalator wells, where the full height (60 feet or 18 m) of the structure is visible.

During the day, daylight from the skylights, one over the mezzanine, the other over the end escalator, pours in to the lower platform, an extraordinary sight in a subway.

"[9] As of 2024[update], BART indicates "significant market, local support, and/or implementation barriers" that must be overcome to allow transit-oriented development on the surface parking lot at the station.

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