1954, in post-war functionalist style, from plans by architects Adrien and Yvan Blomme and Fernand Petit. Work on the connection also led to the station's
3000-seater Métropole Cinema, carried out in Art Deco style by the architect AdrienBlomme [fr] and inaugurated in 1932, which included a projection room, a tavern
on the Avenue Franklin Roosevelt. No. 52: Blomme House (1928), a modernist house designed by AdrienBlomme [fr] for his personal use (offices and apartments)