New York's City Hall Subway Station
New York's City Hall Subway Station
Because people are too stupid NOT TO step into a hole in the ground and then blame someone else.
New York’s subway opened in 1904. City Hall station closed in 1945.
http://www.forgotten-ny.com/SUBWAYS/City%20Hall%20Station/cityhall.html
“”The night [October 27, 1904] took on a carnival atmosphere, like New Year’s Eve. Many couples celebrated in style by putting on their best clothes, going out to dinner, and then taking their first subway ride together. Some people spent the entire evening on the trains, going back and forth from 145th Street to City Hall for hours. Reveling in the sheer novelty of the underground, these riders wanted to soak up its unfamiliar sights and sensations for as long as possible. In a few instances high-spirited boys and girls took over part of a car and began singing songs, flirting, and fooling around. The sheer exuberance of opening night proved to be too much for others; although they bought their green IRT tickets and entered the stations like everyone else, these timid passengers were so overwhelmed by their new surroundings that they did not even attempt to board a train. All they could do was stand on the platform and gawk.””
Nice to know that people will be able to get under city hall if they stay on the train.
Good thing the terrorists will never see this article, huh?
Very nice and all but why is it being kept so clean and well lit? What is this costing the taxpayer?
It’s not the only “lost” rail station. There was one built under the Waldorf-Astoria hotel secretly used by Franklin Roosevelt.
“President Roosevelt’s] “armor-plated Pierce Arrow car would drive off the train, onto this platform and into the elevator, and it would bring him and his car into the hotel garage.” ... “
http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/abandoned/gct61.html
A little bit of pre-liberal NYC preserved for all to see.
Or “what NYC could look like if its residents took personal responsibility” rather than an attitide of “someone has the job of cleaning that”
Not a secret... when I was in NYC in October I decided to go to the Museum of Natural History... believe it was at 81st Street (on Upper West Side)... subway stopped right at the underground entrance to the museum. Cool... at least to me ... I live in Texas where we have to drive everywhere :-)
