I have owned 2 bridge boats now. (Ken Emigh is familiar with one of them LOL!)
One boat had a lower station and the other did not. I HATE the shoe box look on top of a bridge boat. With that being said my current boat I have never put it up due to the lower helm, and my previous boat it was only up a few times late in the season.
The glass is shot on a few panels of my current boat, which I may have replaced, but again I never use it!