tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32392782725574886392024-02-18T18:59:09.841-08:00The New York Subway ProjectA two-week journey to all 468 NYC subway stops<br>
Documented in photographs, sketches, and words.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger469125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239278272557488639.post-3975103203887219262009-06-16T06:00:00.000-07:002009-06-17T08:55:53.841-07:00Welcome to the New York Subway Project!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.russellchun.com/subway"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347706055447063458" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 260px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikpSiiS2zW2QHLZp-CW8mBx0NGq1SexP0GexOTBsu2lsaZ3KlRtfyZqyFXhAn6z8eIjtxdlSk8H52cqYD_ZvQRn5YNBwJ78xDJATaNM5UTmfC13L-v9kGdTKzOGSxshXUMeBd3zXgft0I/s400/subwaythumb2.jpg" border="0" /></a>The entries here represent a project I undertook in July 2007 to visit all 468 subway stations in New York City. <div><br /></div><div><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Begin with the interactive subway map to explore the New York subway stations.</span> Navigate by choosing an individual station or use the keyboard to follow my journey chronologically through the system. This blog contains posts for each of the stations that I visited.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The post for every station contains notes on the interior of the station as well as my quick impressions of the surrounding neighborhood. Clicking on any stop will open up the corresponding post in a neighboring tab in your web browser. The majority of stops also have photographs (or sketches) from the area near the subway station. Hold your mouse over any station on the map and a thumbnail photo will load, if available. </div><div><br /></div><div>For more information on the making of the project, motivations for it, as well as some disclaimers about its design, please click <a href="http://newyorksubway.blogspot.com/2009/06/making-project.html">here</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>For more information on my run-in-with the NYPD and subsequent lawsuit filed by the NYCLU during the making of the project, please click <a href="http://newyorksubway.blogspot.com/2009/05/about-lawsuit.html">here</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>To view some of my favorite photos from my subterranean travels around New York, please click <a href="http://newyorksubway.blogspot.com/2009/05/favorite-photos.html">here</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>I hope you enjoy the site and can use it to find out some new things about this amazing city!</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://newyorksubway.blogspot.com/2009/05/acknowledgements.html">Acknowledgments</a></div>apwiitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13767721565484592349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239278272557488639.post-49276758968744134452009-05-28T13:20:00.000-07:002009-06-17T08:11:23.940-07:00Making the Project<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The vast majority (>450 of the stops) were visited during a single two week period from July 16-27, 2007.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I typically rode the train from 7:30 am to 7:30 pm, sweating it out on platforms from Van Cortlandt Park to Far Rockaway. The last few stops were done on random days thereafter where I could find a little time. </span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">In general, I designed my days such that I could complete about 50 stops in a discrete geographical area of </span><st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">New York</span></st1:place></st1:state><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. </span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I did not go to every stop in order, but instead bounced around in the most efficient manner. </span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">For actual logistics, I pretty much always just rode to a stop, exited the station, walked around, took some notes and photos, and then got back on the train to ride to the next stop.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.0pt"><i><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Motivations: </span></span></i><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">My original motivation was to photograph the inside and outside of every stop, but after a run-in with the police (you can read more about that</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><a href="http://gothamist.com/2007/12/10/columbia_grad_s.php"><span style="text-decoration:none;text-underline:nonecolor:#999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">here</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">) </span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I started photographing where I thought it seemed I wouldn't get arrested/harrassed and otherwise just took detailed notes on my observations.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">In general, this eliminated the inside of subway stations and still made me nervous enough to avoid taking photographs in many neighborhoods where it’s abnormal to see someone walking around with a camera.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Undertaking this project was not inspired by any great epiphany, political manifesto, or artistic sensibility. Basically, I really love the subway, I love learning about </span><st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">New York</span></st1:place></st1:state><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, I had two weeks off from grad school, I didn't have any money to travel, and it seemed like a cool idea.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I haven't had time since then to get everything together (med school got in the way), so that explains the delay in getting this out there.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I will say that I am a strong believer that the subway is a great equalizer in </span><st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">New York</span></st1:place></st1:state><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. </span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Not only is it usually the fastest way to get around, people from essentially all socioeconomic classes, ethnicities, ages, and places in their lives mix together day in, day out, without the physical barriers imposed by commuting via cars on a freeway. </span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> This city is the most diverse in the world and the subway is the great interconnector. I tried to take full advantage of this connectivity by getting a glimpse of the similarities and differences of how people live in these neighborhoods of varying character. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> The NYC subway system is also the largest (by far) in the world in terms of number of stops, as well as the only underground system that’s open twenty-four hours a day.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This is an awesome achievement, and while there is plenty of room for improvement (noise, dirt, rats, etc.), in terms of sheer utility I still think we have it better than anyone else on the planet. </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:#333333;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="apple-style-span"><i><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Disclaimer 1</span></span></i></span><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">: Every post represents my</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">quick </span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">impression of a</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">single</span></i></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">point in time in the life of the area immediately surrounding a subway station. I absolutely realize that in almost every neighborhood things quickly change once I would walk two blocks this way or that. I wish I could have done that, but given my tight schedule it just wasn't possible. In addition, my quick impression easily could have been wholly inaccurate. Thus, I apologize in advance for anything I might write that you disagree with. So please feel free to leave any comments about cool things by your stop (or other ones you know) that I might have missed...I'm sure there are thousands, and I would love to know about them!</span></span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:#333333;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="apple-style-span"><i><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Disclaimer 2:</span></span></i></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There are only 464 posts here but 468 stops. When I did the project in 2007, the </span><st1:street st="on"><st1:address st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Cortlandt St.</span></st1:address></st1:street><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> stops on both the 1 and R/W trains were closed for repairs so I didn't visit them. Plus, the Acqueduct Racetrak stop on the A is only open on race days, which didn't coincide with my schedule. So that gets me up to 467.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">In all likelihood, the MTA is counting some part of a station as a different stop that I just didn’t set up a separate post for. </span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Let me know if you figure it out.</span></span></span></o:p></span></p>apwiitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13767721565484592349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239278272557488639.post-75831094528084801832009-05-20T08:11:00.000-07:002009-06-17T08:54:45.706-07:00Favorite Photos<div>Here are some of the photos I liked the best, representing the variety of scenes I saw while travelling around the city.</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-VC82ThmaXTBZf4hE5QGhgnCQ-Z02hF7sW5PL7YEHZdUCOmSTPOfHkhDMTd_fkUPS_o9EmMB_2Wq6HEXn03HBIdIVXshyphenhypheneRRJWZE8yVGFbUyVZXycDz1B8Cy3ZZa9ma0Rf_il3CTdoY4/s1600-h/R-V+36+St.+%231.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-VC82ThmaXTBZf4hE5QGhgnCQ-Z02hF7sW5PL7YEHZdUCOmSTPOfHkhDMTd_fkUPS_o9EmMB_2Wq6HEXn03HBIdIVXshyphenhypheneRRJWZE8yVGFbUyVZXycDz1B8Cy3ZZa9ma0Rf_il3CTdoY4/s320/R-V+36+St.+%231.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348321006652894194" /></a><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-VC82ThmaXTBZf4hE5QGhgnCQ-Z02hF7sW5PL7YEHZdUCOmSTPOfHkhDMTd_fkUPS_o9EmMB_2Wq6HEXn03HBIdIVXshyphenhypheneRRJWZE8yVGFbUyVZXycDz1B8Cy3ZZa9ma0Rf_il3CTdoY4/s1600-h/R-V+36+St.+%231.JPG"></a>R-V Trains - 36 St. (Queens)</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivvQMAOL-agDVQeiF2ti7Hv5GyPr2rcr9vzoBgS3Ae5qaEGFAtnlPcSJ2YlP_PdpcRWX5YFiBSbmKeMs8KRnypi7QH53u26cmhEF_vIQHdCfC579lXDzHkQAvORB5EkTo-uvdVjdeiE7M/s1600-h/A+-+High+St.-Brklyn+Bridge+%232-1.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivvQMAOL-agDVQeiF2ti7Hv5GyPr2rcr9vzoBgS3Ae5qaEGFAtnlPcSJ2YlP_PdpcRWX5YFiBSbmKeMs8KRnypi7QH53u26cmhEF_vIQHdCfC579lXDzHkQAvORB5EkTo-uvdVjdeiE7M/s320/A+-+High+St.-Brklyn+Bridge+%232-1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348321001903289122" /></a></div><div>A Train - High St.-Brooklyn Bridge (Brooklyn)</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivvQMAOL-agDVQeiF2ti7Hv5GyPr2rcr9vzoBgS3Ae5qaEGFAtnlPcSJ2YlP_PdpcRWX5YFiBSbmKeMs8KRnypi7QH53u26cmhEF_vIQHdCfC579lXDzHkQAvORB5EkTo-uvdVjdeiE7M/s1600-h/A+-+High+St.-Brklyn+Bridge+%232-1.JPG"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv_iRcGlQmU6OHhZsX2JxHYOjkKEESDiWWX7echMbAs3DiR3kzLQ_KImfV3VkfVBo354pk2uhk0EfUzrQ0Du73q1gbGGLtT5uCDi7yd01uKn-aliPFhnrGSgqTRTzeQF6SEzEFh_WjAFU/s1600-h/B-D-F-V+47-50+St.+%232.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 223px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv_iRcGlQmU6OHhZsX2JxHYOjkKEESDiWWX7echMbAs3DiR3kzLQ_KImfV3VkfVBo354pk2uhk0EfUzrQ0Du73q1gbGGLtT5uCDi7yd01uKn-aliPFhnrGSgqTRTzeQF6SEzEFh_WjAFU/s320/B-D-F-V+47-50+St.+%232.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348321000278289986" /></a></div><div>B-D-F-V Trains - 47-50 Sts.-Rockefeller Center (Manhattan)</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv_iRcGlQmU6OHhZsX2JxHYOjkKEESDiWWX7echMbAs3DiR3kzLQ_KImfV3VkfVBo354pk2uhk0EfUzrQ0Du73q1gbGGLtT5uCDi7yd01uKn-aliPFhnrGSgqTRTzeQF6SEzEFh_WjAFU/s1600-h/B-D-F-V+47-50+St.+%232.JPG"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjG9tWKSbEd_bD62eG3CXXmsMg38IRngjqzvhwIrONGnwm3JD6VgXsF9_HPH6edJXzpSYQXb7dQzYT_z6bIM8nnRJBXR_pE6G7iNuU6Q5QfDDOGFdb8Jnqq7tRz9tkyqahl0tNGfdk3-0/s1600-h/J-M-Z+Canal+St.+%231.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjG9tWKSbEd_bD62eG3CXXmsMg38IRngjqzvhwIrONGnwm3JD6VgXsF9_HPH6edJXzpSYQXb7dQzYT_z6bIM8nnRJBXR_pE6G7iNuU6Q5QfDDOGFdb8Jnqq7tRz9tkyqahl0tNGfdk3-0/s320/J-M-Z+Canal+St.+%231.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348320991263961714" /></a></div><div>J-M-Z Trains - Canal St. (Manhattan)</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjG9tWKSbEd_bD62eG3CXXmsMg38IRngjqzvhwIrONGnwm3JD6VgXsF9_HPH6edJXzpSYQXb7dQzYT_z6bIM8nnRJBXR_pE6G7iNuU6Q5QfDDOGFdb8Jnqq7tRz9tkyqahl0tNGfdk3-0/s1600-h/J-M-Z+Canal+St.+%231.JPG"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjir-KJxXLKo8pQzTwaxto8agv-wjWLm-p5YDVb1g7g1_yo9zLbeZFzcCNwdZatzlM281qy6UrnSNQiFkjxoW7ZOz5yn-y35BBLk9DVbEwGj_ZqD8afLmqKHiFAv9eBNlHBOE6nNW3l0LE/s1600-h/S+-+Beach+106+st.+%231.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjir-KJxXLKo8pQzTwaxto8agv-wjWLm-p5YDVb1g7g1_yo9zLbeZFzcCNwdZatzlM281qy6UrnSNQiFkjxoW7ZOz5yn-y35BBLk9DVbEwGj_ZqD8afLmqKHiFAv9eBNlHBOE6nNW3l0LE/s320/S+-+Beach+106+st.+%231.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348320986601845442" /></a></div><div>S Train - Beach 106 St. (Queens)</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjir-KJxXLKo8pQzTwaxto8agv-wjWLm-p5YDVb1g7g1_yo9zLbeZFzcCNwdZatzlM281qy6UrnSNQiFkjxoW7ZOz5yn-y35BBLk9DVbEwGj_ZqD8afLmqKHiFAv9eBNlHBOE6nNW3l0LE/s1600-h/S+-+Beach+106+st.+%231.JPG"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn1cSarwQP6RbncRcboi0LUz5mBMV-mF1KQWe74mH05oDm4XG_Csik1sbp6C_qwQgmsG-HmkHCkYv4l4336Eeyjs5bxZQnhDrKYubwMNysH1GLZoPxQ_QEHefIQXSJ_73D8Y9WGDgnNrQ/s1600-h/2-3+Eastern+Parkway+%232.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn1cSarwQP6RbncRcboi0LUz5mBMV-mF1KQWe74mH05oDm4XG_Csik1sbp6C_qwQgmsG-HmkHCkYv4l4336Eeyjs5bxZQnhDrKYubwMNysH1GLZoPxQ_QEHefIQXSJ_73D8Y9WGDgnNrQ/s320/2-3+Eastern+Parkway+%232.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348318835053237154" /></a></div><div>2-3 Trains - Eastern Pkwy.-Brooklyn Museum (Brooklyn)</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn1cSarwQP6RbncRcboi0LUz5mBMV-mF1KQWe74mH05oDm4XG_Csik1sbp6C_qwQgmsG-HmkHCkYv4l4336Eeyjs5bxZQnhDrKYubwMNysH1GLZoPxQ_QEHefIQXSJ_73D8Y9WGDgnNrQ/s1600-h/2-3+Eastern+Parkway+%232.JPG"></a><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYzFvu6YnZsK61bqMnrq8oA9IvfyA6yFWySzxb2etlsmEiI0Oc8nHvVu3zwnpjINPZWcXlv6WO2hGVmJwKS3fwHkfbJ2Fp0Iq36hew6gmu9Cj5KDL6vGI0rtiB6Vk4gaJ3ivmb2u6ZuN0/s1600-h/7+-+69+St.-Fisk+St.+%234.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYzFvu6YnZsK61bqMnrq8oA9IvfyA6yFWySzxb2etlsmEiI0Oc8nHvVu3zwnpjINPZWcXlv6WO2hGVmJwKS3fwHkfbJ2Fp0Iq36hew6gmu9Cj5KDL6vGI0rtiB6Vk4gaJ3ivmb2u6ZuN0/s320/7+-+69+St.-Fisk+St.+%234.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348318819821129330" /></a></div><div>7 Train - 69 St.-Fisk Ave. (Queens)</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUmJyzIUtZHCRHX-oxHUU6vsvO87KpPyv6f_qGbxoYKx9zYEtj4uGBAV3rGSboDaRMd3Pj11xyLK6ZUnWM_8vjHSFpzTlF7bch6HCaa_ya5iquqLXeKfhmy4oazDC48rx6HRnIXKCRdFI/s1600-h/2-5+Freeman+St.+%233.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUmJyzIUtZHCRHX-oxHUU6vsvO87KpPyv6f_qGbxoYKx9zYEtj4uGBAV3rGSboDaRMd3Pj11xyLK6ZUnWM_8vjHSFpzTlF7bch6HCaa_ya5iquqLXeKfhmy4oazDC48rx6HRnIXKCRdFI/s320/2-5+Freeman+St.+%233.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348318815744166402" /></a></div><div>2-5 Trains - Freeman St. (Bronx)</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUmJyzIUtZHCRHX-oxHUU6vsvO87KpPyv6f_qGbxoYKx9zYEtj4uGBAV3rGSboDaRMd3Pj11xyLK6ZUnWM_8vjHSFpzTlF7bch6HCaa_ya5iquqLXeKfhmy4oazDC48rx6HRnIXKCRdFI/s1600-h/2-5+Freeman+St.+%233.JPG"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDizFlOGn87EUM9QRPA0mNBMNVA5yVdp5x50p1iLq6Mq89biKuLZMn09ZfpSx7022CgI5FWqYf3NVUMt_swuYtaEuvCE2fBjJ_l5lJEACIOargLgP1WITGJfUDCuTSOSQbe3nYt6JeSx0/s1600-h/6+-+Buhre+Ave.+%233.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDizFlOGn87EUM9QRPA0mNBMNVA5yVdp5x50p1iLq6Mq89biKuLZMn09ZfpSx7022CgI5FWqYf3NVUMt_swuYtaEuvCE2fBjJ_l5lJEACIOargLgP1WITGJfUDCuTSOSQbe3nYt6JeSx0/s320/6+-+Buhre+Ave.+%233.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348318805766724002" /></a></div><div>6 Train - Buhre Ave. (Bronx)</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDizFlOGn87EUM9QRPA0mNBMNVA5yVdp5x50p1iLq6Mq89biKuLZMn09ZfpSx7022CgI5FWqYf3NVUMt_swuYtaEuvCE2fBjJ_l5lJEACIOargLgP1WITGJfUDCuTSOSQbe3nYt6JeSx0/s1600-h/6+-+Buhre+Ave.+%233.JPG"></a><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMU5jvQJ0d9IVTtQEEBtHQnXluyU3pBXod_Fz8vCD_UGv57e3AwzViDJwqMAAlQFqQOXdewpul24VuwW1cRbqaa9VSen_Nnlegvt34pba2HOCa3U-HRNd-9a4vD7kM-9eerdC7k8bOArU/s320/1+-+207+St.+%231.JPG" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348318830391817410" /></div><div><div>1 Train - 207 St. (Manhattan; right before I got detained by the cops)</div><div><br /></div></div>apwiitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13767721565484592349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239278272557488639.post-4618777153705743132009-05-10T13:20:00.001-07:002009-06-17T11:39:54.493-07:00About the Lawsuit<p class="MsoNormal">When I initially started the subway project, I had the idea to photograph both the inside and outside of every subway station in <st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on">New York</st1:place></st1:state>.<span style=""> </span>Of course, I didn’t consider the fact that as a dark-skinned person this might lead to some problems in our post-9/11 world, even if casual photography in the train is totally legal and does not require a permit (see <a href="http://www.mta.info/nyct/rules/rules.htm#restricted">MTA Rules of Conduct 1050.9.c</a>).</p> <p class="MsoNormal">On the very first day of the project, I was five stops in, at the 207 <st1:place st="on">St.</st1:place> stop on the 1 Train in Inwood.<span style=""> </span>I had just finished taking photos off the northbound platform (the station is elevated) when I saw a cop watching me from the southbound side.<span style=""> </span>Knowing I was doing nothing wrong, I didn’t pay it any mind.<span style=""> </span>However, when I went down to street level to walk around a bit and take some more photos, he approached to interrogate me.<span style=""> </span>He asked what I was doing, and I explained the project.<span style=""> </span>He then requsted to see some ID, so I gave him two forms. He subsequently asked to see my photos, which I demonstrated to him on the back of my digital camera.<span style=""> </span>However, he wasn’t satisfied, saying he needed to “take me to the station house to run my ID”.<span style=""> </span>He then asked me turn around and placed me in handcuffs.<span style=""> </span>I ended up in cuffs for around 25 minutes, standing on the corner of 207 <st1:place st="on">St.</st1:place> and 10 Ave. during the middle of rush hour.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Finally, some more senior, plainclothes officers eventually arrived, questioned me, and released me.<span style=""> </span>I was not ticketed or charged with any illegal activity.<span style=""> </span>Unfortunately, they had no good advice on how could avoid similar run-ins subsequently in my project, so I decided to just try to avoid cops seeing my camera whenever possible.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">After this incident I was concerned that something was amiss.<span style=""> </span>While I had not been greatly harmed by the police intervention, I was also confident that had I not been dark-skinned there was no way I would have been detained by them.<span style=""> </span>I contacted a lawyer friend who encouraged me to get in touch with the <a href="http://www.nyclu.org/">New York Civil Liberties Union</a>.<span style=""> </span>The NYCLU had been trying through legal means to get the NYPD to reform their heavy-handed policies regarding photographers and videographers in <st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on">New York</st1:place></st1:state>.<span style=""> </span>Fortunately, the attorneys there were receptive to my case and were willing to pursue it. <span style=""> </span>My case was filed in December 2007 in federal court (see the NYCLU description <a href="http://www.nyclu.org/node/1854">here</a>) as part of a series of cases filed by the NYCLU against the NYPD regarding photography and videography.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">The case received a good amount of press, both in <st1:place st="on"><st1:state st="on">New York</st1:state></st1:place> (<i><a href="http://gothamist.com/2007/12/10/columbia_grad_s.php">Gothamist</a></i>, <i><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/12/07/2007-12-07_student_sues_over_subway_photo_bust-1.html">Daily News</a></i><i style="">, </i><i><a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/12072007/news/regionalnews/a_snap_judgment_lawsuit_511419.htm">Post</a></i><i style="">, </i><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.ny1.com/Default.aspx?SecID=1000&ArID=76306">NY1</a>), nationwide (<i><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN0625091620071206">Reuters</a></i>), and abroad (<a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=4fe8b577-e3fb-4f8a-82fe-15a24ba87171&&Headline=Indian+American+sues+NY+police"><i>Hindustan Times</i></a>).<span style=""> </span>While the NYPD eventually forced us to settle my case without any change in their policies, the NYCLU was ultimately successful in getting the NYPD to change their training procedures regarding photography and videography (see <i><a href="http://gothamist.com/2009/04/13/nypd_get_lesson_in_photography.php">Gothamist</a></i> story here).<span style=""> </span>I am proud that my subway project was able to contribute to this furthering of our civil liberties. I hope that in the future, law-abiding, amateur photographers such as myself won’t have to be afraid when taking photos near the subway.</p>apwiitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13767721565484592349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239278272557488639.post-29854479411552943172009-05-10T13:19:00.000-07:002009-06-17T07:15:15.745-07:00Acknowledgements<p class="MsoNormal">I would like to extend an extreme level of gratitude to Russell Chun, friend and Flash expert extraordinaire, for designing the interactive subway map as well as layout of the website. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>If it weren’t for him, you would probably never be looking at this site.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I would also like to thank my Ph.D. adviser at <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Columbia</st1:place></st1:city>, Julio Fernandez, for giving me two weeks largely free of work to pursue this project. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>I also thank my very capable attorneys at the NYCLU, Chris Dunn, Ben Kleinman, and Tim Foster, for the hard work on my case against the NYPD and for finally getting them to change their policies regarding training officers about photographers. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Finally, I must thank my (now) wife, Ann Thai, for putting up with all my antics in completing this project in 2007 and still marrying me two years later.</p>apwiitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13767721565484592349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239278272557488639.post-32358061563182714282009-05-10T06:00:00.000-07:002009-06-17T06:41:01.681-07:00Arun WiitaArun has lived for the past seven years in New York City completed a combined MD-PhD program at Columbia University. He graduated in May 2009 and is preparing to move out to the west coast to begin a residency program in Laboratory Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. He is sad to leave New York, the Greatest City in the World, as well as its mass transit system. It is worth noting the he is definitely not much of a photographer, but he does really love the subway and is obsessive enough to actually finish a project like this.apwiitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13767721565484592349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239278272557488639.post-66393648416055607472009-05-08T12:59:00.000-07:002009-05-08T13:11:28.282-07:00N/R/W Trains - 49 St. (Extra Days, stop #464)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOK1WQ4Yo5POTRwUWsvpviDzg4nFBwF7dmu_cwesWcPDRxUpw-R1Na2l2gbDF9SgcSpAI6_RDDpgHbJHrjw4-jfYi0a7UqCB2jwjBexjwvDvd7ipHQ6qxnagkvluEp-BQ4EPO8TVPtrnw/s1600-h/IMG_9215.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOK1WQ4Yo5POTRwUWsvpviDzg4nFBwF7dmu_cwesWcPDRxUpw-R1Na2l2gbDF9SgcSpAI6_RDDpgHbJHrjw4-jfYi0a7UqCB2jwjBexjwvDvd7ipHQ6qxnagkvluEp-BQ4EPO8TVPtrnw/s320/IMG_9215.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333547600611640530" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Out: </span>At 49 St. and 7 Ave. the craziness of Times Square is nearing its northernmost extent. There are still huge ads and neon lights, but looking north it really fades out past 50th St. Most of the people on the street are either tourists or guys trying to get them to buy stuff (hats, sunglasses, tickets, etc.). Right above the stop is the Hawaiian Tropic Zone as well as nearby chintzy souvenier stores along with the typical-type deli and coffee shop. <div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvbePitUQjfEIp4ciWHdd0w-bd8wa1lHZ1Kz05iUQWbfoKjfC2buKsvSB3a8qFPImfNnOCDFqk2N0WMRWv-hJS-JaxWfAZr8fOTsKw-fWPfOfdPRHG1KuGmgpe0SLs-6KARKI0khDoCi0/s1600-h/IMG_9217.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvbePitUQjfEIp4ciWHdd0w-bd8wa1lHZ1Kz05iUQWbfoKjfC2buKsvSB3a8qFPImfNnOCDFqk2N0WMRWv-hJS-JaxWfAZr8fOTsKw-fWPfOfdPRHG1KuGmgpe0SLs-6KARKI0khDoCi0/s320/IMG_9217.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333547613321885778" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><br /><div>To the south are large, new-ish looking office towers while to the north some of the buildings become markedly older-looking, possibly residential but likely still office space. On the street, one of the entrances even has the glossy-brick facade.<br /></div><div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVE-jgrFekVtP5TuHnjnLJcYmce6SNoNXFXAmGqEXMKtcOY2PLm-m-swxvu4atRC6SnHySEKS0areTQaEeJruBNNigowbSb33MJyc0iUld3Z8QgsYX0dL15iWDPsT2ugfX684_vdTFk8Q/s1600-h/IMG_9218.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVE-jgrFekVtP5TuHnjnLJcYmce6SNoNXFXAmGqEXMKtcOY2PLm-m-swxvu4atRC6SnHySEKS0areTQaEeJruBNNigowbSb33MJyc0iUld3Z8QgsYX0dL15iWDPsT2ugfX684_vdTFk8Q/s320/IMG_9218.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333547617072700658" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">In:</span> The layout here is two platform, four track with express bypass. The walls are in glossy-red painted brick here, similar to some of the E stop at Lexington (if I remember correctly). Besides that nothing too remarkable; there are no columns by the platform. There are exits out to 47 and 49 Sts. on 7th Ave, with a small newsstand at the 49 St. end.</div></div></div></div>apwiitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13767721565484592349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239278272557488639.post-41763268826736461132009-05-08T12:56:00.001-07:002009-05-08T12:59:24.458-07:00S Train - Grand Central (Extra Days, stop #463)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Out: </span> See photos and description for 4/5/6 Trains - 42 St.-Grand Central.<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">In:</span> The ride over from Times Sq. is, not surprisingly, very brief. The station on this end looks much nicer, with renovated white tiling on the walls and mosaic "Grand Central" with artwork in red and blue. The layout is 2 platform, 3 track here, again with a terminus and big "STOP" signs for the trains. It looks like only one platform and two tracks are actively in use, though. Past the train terminus there is a long tunnel that leads to Grand Central Station. The one drawback here is that it is less conveniently located to make connections to other trains; one end of the platform exits at Madison Ave., indicating how far it is from the 4/5/6 trains in particular.</div>apwiitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13767721565484592349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239278272557488639.post-20111551221550997642009-05-08T12:51:00.000-07:002009-05-08T12:55:53.011-07:00S Train - Times Square (Extra Days, stop #462)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Out:</span> See photos and description for 1/2/3 Trains - 42 St.-Times Sq.<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">In: </span> This end of the shuttle has a different platform layout than any one I've seen. There is a three platform, three track layout but they are all staggered and end at the point where the shuttle track terminates. The platforms themselves are on the same level of the expansive Times Sq. mezzanine level (i.e. no extra stairs), between the 1/2/3 and N/Q/R/W trains, directly opposite of the featured musical performer spot (today some guy on the guitar). It seems that only two platforms and two tracks are in use; passengers wait expectantly to find out which platform they need to rush to in order to get on the train. There is white tiling on the very far wall but mostly there is just black tunnel to be seen. The columns near the platform are white with burgundy trim, some wrapped in advertising (it is Times Sq., after all). Eventually the diminuitive 3-car train pulls into the station.</div>apwiitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13767721565484592349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239278272557488639.post-30332074915606892662009-05-07T20:33:00.000-07:002009-05-07T20:50:07.445-07:00A/C/E Trains - 34 St.-Penn Station (Extra Days, stop #461)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO1QwXibP87u50LkiiDcBR-VNWa99bD8mkSGo_y4wL8BwwMSWBgu0EXuaVyb6jjvXWgug7_nUgqfRBmEK9EAkBQ8Kn0R-pPE5_VeGGa-DwFNxh-a025tTDBEHM6zKLvPiIxKY1p0kF4QM/s1600-h/P1050024.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO1QwXibP87u50LkiiDcBR-VNWa99bD8mkSGo_y4wL8BwwMSWBgu0EXuaVyb6jjvXWgug7_nUgqfRBmEK9EAkBQ8Kn0R-pPE5_VeGGa-DwFNxh-a025tTDBEHM6zKLvPiIxKY1p0kF4QM/s320/P1050024.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333294881569784626" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS5kPSzuP9gTNIBzINcBN83hOyXbpjnFAhtqWflsd2D5eYd3lJh56Po1iQWqGe8npLRcxkdDnPoYlzJ1hvljk1R_-Jl2-0jnKSPd-4cUW-ftEFj-at8MvKBGla2EW_Dw50X8h5O8vPDSY/s1600-h/P1050022.JPG"></a><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS5kPSzuP9gTNIBzINcBN83hOyXbpjnFAhtqWflsd2D5eYd3lJh56Po1iQWqGe8npLRcxkdDnPoYlzJ1hvljk1R_-Jl2-0jnKSPd-4cUW-ftEFj-at8MvKBGla2EW_Dw50X8h5O8vPDSY/s1600-h/P1050022.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS5kPSzuP9gTNIBzINcBN83hOyXbpjnFAhtqWflsd2D5eYd3lJh56Po1iQWqGe8npLRcxkdDnPoYlzJ1hvljk1R_-Jl2-0jnKSPd-4cUW-ftEFj-at8MvKBGla2EW_Dw50X8h5O8vPDSY/s320/P1050022.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333294873147620178" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Out:</span> Outside the station there is a strange mix of buildings. At 33rd St., Penn Station, MSG, a large office building as well as an older one are all directly outside. </span><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifoMi810MeysqUbWP_6IPmlzAeA3DZmnrtY2GAgluGJ0yJimIlJODbYifeXUrkJ_6P_QRyiKIRsvBijL6tfNZnA49ebbQhEtEa-JJgu0eV1v7rUl5Ke3N8KbfuwOJyBSMqPgPkbhu4n-M/s1600-h/P1050021.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifoMi810MeysqUbWP_6IPmlzAeA3DZmnrtY2GAgluGJ0yJimIlJODbYifeXUrkJ_6P_QRyiKIRsvBijL6tfNZnA49ebbQhEtEa-JJgu0eV1v7rUl5Ke3N8KbfuwOJyBSMqPgPkbhu4n-M/s320/P1050021.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333294871090706242" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Across 8th Ave. is the majestic main Post Office in Manhattan (which will supposedly one day become the new Penn Station). </span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUIgdwbIviG_kBDAyAUIhqX-20kfjmYfaGcsNYscGNY2wuNkkJ8ZwAD7YfKtAby_-nv4yJAJqpstF6wj3MrmiZ_i1_QIkamz85RIMLvLcPIo_tFyd6Hc52k7BqDEfkmdgVCcxuBvtDt_A/s1600-h/P1050023.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUIgdwbIviG_kBDAyAUIhqX-20kfjmYfaGcsNYscGNY2wuNkkJ8ZwAD7YfKtAby_-nv4yJAJqpstF6wj3MrmiZ_i1_QIkamz85RIMLvLcPIo_tFyd6Hc52k7BqDEfkmdgVCcxuBvtDt_A/s320/P1050023.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333294878637378562" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">People of all ethnicities and socioeconomic classes are out here on the streets by the station. There are plenty of office workers, tourists, and other folks around. It's plenty busy on the sidewalk. There are smallish restaurants, a parking garage, and Duane Reade on 33rd. 34th still has more midscale places like Riese, Friday's, a diner, Payless, and the "Cinderella Club". All in all it looks a little skeezy, but definitely not hoody.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-2eoUDhFPyXldxtift35IsIfVJbuXJELCEMU2WdiRCPW8dWrgrFR8id-5IDP9imja-_dx5iG2U2tGFH2ycpWyDRpU6s0UHNylXmpUeJdliflmwGOImc8-LUFGgUZDRKJA6_7JFSzMHzM/s1600-h/P1050025.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-2eoUDhFPyXldxtift35IsIfVJbuXJELCEMU2WdiRCPW8dWrgrFR8id-5IDP9imja-_dx5iG2U2tGFH2ycpWyDRpU6s0UHNylXmpUeJdliflmwGOImc8-LUFGgUZDRKJA6_7JFSzMHzM/s320/P1050025.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333294886460245170" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">In: </span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The station here has the same strange layout as the 1/2/3 stop on the </span><st1:street st="on"><st1:address st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">7</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">th</span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Ave.</span></st1:address></st1:street><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> side.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The layout is three platform, four track, with the middle platform</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">offering express access in both directions, and the outer platforms for local access.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There is a burgundy color scheme with mosaic station signs and small lettered numbers on black tiles.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The mezzanine here is below the tracks, with a connection directly into Penn Station; the crossunder here connects the express and local tracks. </span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The exit into Penn Station is under the south end of the platform. In general the station is well-lit and in pretty good shape. There are exits from the local platform out to 33rd St., 34th St., and 35th St. Smaller mosaic signs at the exits direct you up to MSG or Penn Station.</span></div></div></div>apwiitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13767721565484592349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239278272557488639.post-52491634755761734402009-05-07T20:29:00.000-07:002009-05-07T20:51:29.539-07:00A/B/C/D Trains - 59 St.-Columbus Circle (Extra Days, stop #460)<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Out: </span> See description of 1 Train - 59 St.-Columbus Circle.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">In: </span>Three platform, four track layout. The center platform is unused by passengers but is currently undergoing major renovation. It's not clear what use it could be for except for alternate boarding for the express trains in either direction. The walls are white tiled with "59" in subtle tilework outlines. The color scheme is generally blue tile stripe down a white wall with burgundy columns. There is transfer up two different staircases to the uptown and downtown 1 trains as this train cuts diagonally over the 8th Ave. line.</div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixzCXjd7wzBqXv9jRK5drikTxyK8a3CnxBnCCsIy86C2p7c3ZQeWSoDX_UOjoScVEZ-mGvh4LftKejhB0DlJI8N9gGz6Z6UBJ_ooHwHW6_LC8-ZQudgmMOsMwGS-2gkYC-DA7Guw_KsVbJ/s320/P1030920.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308665429738686210" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " />apwiitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13767721565484592349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239278272557488639.post-767711993770901922009-05-07T20:07:00.000-07:002009-05-07T20:10:50.744-07:00B/C Trains - 72 St. (Extra Days, stop #459)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdkMjPU4psjICrxBRom33SCadCGtJu6Iz8Dc9kobnKQ83xOv7x-npot3I3BRpL_p8h2vDgGabfHCJfR75vsbvC5lu2jV42KfeK7zXwgjOpdmaEnY556AlXwq-Yf2jgyXbuA8He0UJhoNM/s1600-h/B-C+72+St.+%231.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdkMjPU4psjICrxBRom33SCadCGtJu6Iz8Dc9kobnKQ83xOv7x-npot3I3BRpL_p8h2vDgGabfHCJfR75vsbvC5lu2jV42KfeK7zXwgjOpdmaEnY556AlXwq-Yf2jgyXbuA8He0UJhoNM/s320/B-C+72+St.+%231.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333285123766927138" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Out:</span> </span><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There is a famous old apartment building outside the stop here, the “Dakota”, which dominates the intersection with its majestic stature, wrought iron entrance, and gas-burning lamps (see photo).</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt-nZxySS5nGb5od05aKDJ0i0Hy-VWugvv6NDetNqAESk9HzosM7Ztu5UBXgDKyvUm-GAewwSN8K6PuPk05nPfJGZEJsqyFGxIrSTa7WKJsTcDIu5N7V5zBvN5twKzacC3aINCeLx21EU/s1600-h/B-C+72+St.+%233.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt-nZxySS5nGb5od05aKDJ0i0Hy-VWugvv6NDetNqAESk9HzosM7Ztu5UBXgDKyvUm-GAewwSN8K6PuPk05nPfJGZEJsqyFGxIrSTa7WKJsTcDIu5N7V5zBvN5twKzacC3aINCeLx21EU/s320/B-C+72+St.+%233.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333285129642497890" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></a><br /></div><div><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Otherwise the other tall impressive buildings, similar to the others along CPW.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMcfC4zs2u9R9YfUUf6d0imgjL1BXFWsfbwfJkFvTSnq4aHNS-IfZGzH1MUu42DMIfn9yQCHroemT5XYpiu6d9lsez4rgOTcQFi99Hsq9Cs0Htlvm389EjbetGVBVcVlnIkWKOtVi_IOE/s1600-h/P1050019.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMcfC4zs2u9R9YfUUf6d0imgjL1BXFWsfbwfJkFvTSnq4aHNS-IfZGzH1MUu42DMIfn9yQCHroemT5XYpiu6d9lsez4rgOTcQFi99Hsq9Cs0Htlvm389EjbetGVBVcVlnIkWKOtVi_IOE/s320/P1050019.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333285132283223858" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /></div><div><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There are lots of tourists, and again the people are almost all white.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The park drive is closed here, but there is still plenty of traffic on CPW.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I see a plaque on “The Majestic” apartment building which claims that it was one of the first Art Deco apartment buildings, but it’s covered in scaffolding so it’s hard to tell.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">In:</span> The station now resembles the stations from 86 St.-103 St.</span></div></div>apwiitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13767721565484592349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239278272557488639.post-24033039677885138922009-05-07T20:01:00.000-07:002009-05-07T20:07:26.411-07:00B/C Trains - 81 St.-Museum of Natural History (Extra Days, stop #458)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim9MS9l4WgbFPflAux_hbbk6TmNiClaWrVQw4JzhLs-68VcoezafXCjkQkLYq11zbV5fTTLoVYOaSBD8rO-cG-oRMY_cF6r_Gmne4JmPxP8XYRSFR8CB6FPhBhBssh6MYl4pJBcSEm44o/s1600-h/P1050015.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim9MS9l4WgbFPflAux_hbbk6TmNiClaWrVQw4JzhLs-68VcoezafXCjkQkLYq11zbV5fTTLoVYOaSBD8rO-cG-oRMY_cF6r_Gmne4JmPxP8XYRSFR8CB6FPhBhBssh6MYl4pJBcSEm44o/s320/P1050015.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333284026694267714" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Out: </span> </span><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The exit here is at the south side of </span><st1:street st="on"><st1:address st="on"><st1:street st="on"><st1:address st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">81</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">st</span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> St</span></st1:address></st1:street><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></st1:address></st1:street><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, close to CPW.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The intersection is, not surprisingly, dominated by the museum here, even if the view is a bit blocked by trees.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjtieWkHDAcnw9QSv2bB7Aj9u8p6bCfhfe-vtkPzp2Hh5oikIAqZQHLVG4HcPO_0AmkwVjZndhjcZmd0WJDMFJoMtPXJYl7YlXTYdBelQVjizbU_j3QzvMbHL_cO-IIbVUxt44LWwST3g/s1600-h/P1050014.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjtieWkHDAcnw9QSv2bB7Aj9u8p6bCfhfe-vtkPzp2Hh5oikIAqZQHLVG4HcPO_0AmkwVjZndhjcZmd0WJDMFJoMtPXJYl7YlXTYdBelQVjizbU_j3QzvMbHL_cO-IIbVUxt44LWwST3g/s320/P1050014.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333284015767917410" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /></div><div><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There are large high-rise apartment complexes along </span><st1:street st="on"><st1:address st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">81</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">st</span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> St.</span></st1:address></st1:street><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> in all of their pre-war splendor.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There is a particularly grand building on the corner of CPW undergoing renovations.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span></span></span><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKb3Jx332lcSD19-LtcUp0m66vQXQVn52FruTb_uNiPu2p1Up2aQiHx0EekqPKVXaeWxcgfTzaR-H-oe0APbSC5WH1Qt_8XVJ-mWOpKTYQOtX_t_cyLMs4eY8hyphenhyphenLvwm-afFDddAd3OlxI/s1600-h/P1050013.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKb3Jx332lcSD19-LtcUp0m66vQXQVn52FruTb_uNiPu2p1Up2aQiHx0EekqPKVXaeWxcgfTzaR-H-oe0APbSC5WH1Qt_8XVJ-mWOpKTYQOtX_t_cyLMs4eY8hyphenhyphenLvwm-afFDddAd3OlxI/s320/P1050013.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333284012134473714" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /></div><div><span style=""><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">At the crosstown route across the park here there is the “Hunter’s Gate”.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span></span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjudoyRDMjTVEpH5VBeusvIDvkK0_tXYs4yHr8khmXc9Objhx0bEiM4HsvoBmqzSzBMC7IQ1IrbqhJOA0QEW0PRev6LjAgEPdZyfo5cmaHS82Mc1zn4wT9bbTTOa_F6v3sDyEf9XHVLgpk/s1600-h/P1050016.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjudoyRDMjTVEpH5VBeusvIDvkK0_tXYs4yHr8khmXc9Objhx0bEiM4HsvoBmqzSzBMC7IQ1IrbqhJOA0QEW0PRev6LjAgEPdZyfo5cmaHS82Mc1zn4wT9bbTTOa_F6v3sDyEf9XHVLgpk/s320/P1050016.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333284028143690450" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /></div><div><span style=""><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The people outside are similar to 86</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">th</span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, with perhaps more tourists and kids, still definitely mostly white, but a few black and Hispanic here.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Also there are still no commercial spots here.</span></span></span></span><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">In:</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The layout of the station is similar to previous stops, but there are a number of interesting features here.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The station entrance itself is unusually wide (essential the width of two typical staircases), as is the tree-lined sidewalk into which it emerges on </span><st1:street st="on"><st1:address st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">81</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">st</span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> St</span></st1:address></st1:street><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">On the staircases and on the mezzanine there are elaborate mosaic tile murals of birds, insects, and other scientific specimens.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The floor is decorated with other tiles and the station is clean and in good shape.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The walls of the upper platform are still covered in tile pictures of animals, and there are no advertisements on the walls.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The staircase to the lower level is decorated with a large tile picture simulating the layers of the earth; the core is located at the bottom of the stairs.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLJFX6AchRjasX0nu3_g7FjBwI8F8_5dvs9jiDAVZVjS7KNdGNvoCzPGPeXcv0akYP_ZVDEYC1Gpovei4GEVULmKIzfzDYer16ZlwAWO2_Z-vKxkOe5q6-H2ZX6pHV7B-5cbbNg6ra0Ew/s1600-h/P1050017.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLJFX6AchRjasX0nu3_g7FjBwI8F8_5dvs9jiDAVZVjS7KNdGNvoCzPGPeXcv0akYP_ZVDEYC1Gpovei4GEVULmKIzfzDYer16ZlwAWO2_Z-vKxkOe5q6-H2ZX6pHV7B-5cbbNg6ra0Ew/s320/P1050017.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333284033519006306" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The walls downstairs have relief metal inlays of fossils.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There are also some mosaic tile station signs with “</span><st1:street st="on"><st1:address st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">81</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">st</span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> St.</span></st1:address></st1:street><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">-Museum of Natural History” on a blue tile background.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Definitely a great station!</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></div></div></div></div>apwiitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13767721565484592349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239278272557488639.post-48875248438043223052009-05-07T15:59:00.000-07:002009-05-07T16:14:53.078-07:00B/C Train - 86 St. (Extra Days, stop #457)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig8zhaAmJjiA2RZlfS0REJYAIe0QVQhZNrNBl7VInr8ciUjGJZiy8wcNio055hoXzm8_JDG-qsAYj-oFc7Yd3LCMMPon6f6I4kbQT8PGzI7fnrLJX8xy-UJ0ft83JG0mrAJTsOolOqgug/s1600-h/P1050010.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig8zhaAmJjiA2RZlfS0REJYAIe0QVQhZNrNBl7VInr8ciUjGJZiy8wcNio055hoXzm8_JDG-qsAYj-oFc7Yd3LCMMPon6f6I4kbQT8PGzI7fnrLJX8xy-UJ0ft83JG0mrAJTsOolOqgug/s320/P1050010.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333221348298901922" /></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Out:</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The area around the station here is similar to 96</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">th</span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, but everything looks even fancier.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The station is still right next to the park, and there is plenty of traffic at the crossover here.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn8brRroLvSX8g8AE-pSVxxUeZWdb0sY5PV6je3I-3l2012nKRKIWheuWQnphZPA4w3lUrtdqmBFJLPJ87J5EmAwDp-9i3Fabu5iDgUX1o_FY4epRudM5Q7fYzwC6Ell7OhWofYcdHAM4/s1600-h/P1050011.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn8brRroLvSX8g8AE-pSVxxUeZWdb0sY5PV6je3I-3l2012nKRKIWheuWQnphZPA4w3lUrtdqmBFJLPJ87J5EmAwDp-9i3Fabu5iDgUX1o_FY4epRudM5Q7fYzwC6Ell7OhWofYcdHAM4/s320/P1050011.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333221353570791330" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The buildings are even more ornate here, and almost everyone is now white except for nannies of various ethnicities carting around white babies.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">There are no commercial establishments except for a large office full of doctors in private practice.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCMWH23N8Lv4cUK7pC2E6vT-ufvMfwyASbNriONrB0J8xNNI8Ssn-SbbIUSlsiCBsYI7jOi-LXduRh4fh1D4BAm_MMy6lFqeG29EQLNu2N8N6-icPLWFiaXdQcqMk5UUrneeLZ5VSefqg/s1600-h/P1050009.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCMWH23N8Lv4cUK7pC2E6vT-ufvMfwyASbNriONrB0J8xNNI8Ssn-SbbIUSlsiCBsYI7jOi-LXduRh4fh1D4BAm_MMy6lFqeG29EQLNu2N8N6-icPLWFiaXdQcqMk5UUrneeLZ5VSefqg/s320/P1050009.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333221344926007650" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">There are a couple of smaller buildings with interesting architecture undergoing renovations (see photo), but again most of the buildings are large residential towers.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I walk from here down to </span><st1:street st="on"><st1:address st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">81</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">st</span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> St</span></st1:address></st1:street><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">.</span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3oEZx92n3HkCOoCrD1oplCmcPl_ngvjefpz4Uy16GTCeZu-lq-oYhgWrrxlyZAc0_aTNzEiZ7s1xRaE6lkbTZ7gV5YOUomj6EyLmJwSKQIYkJ9ZvJantwJN-nNZaDCHjk8IIDn2sPejk/s1600-h/P1050012.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3oEZx92n3HkCOoCrD1oplCmcPl_ngvjefpz4Uy16GTCeZu-lq-oYhgWrrxlyZAc0_aTNzEiZ7s1xRaE6lkbTZ7gV5YOUomj6EyLmJwSKQIYkJ9ZvJantwJN-nNZaDCHjk8IIDn2sPejk/s320/P1050012.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333221357552181474" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; ">In: </span> Similar to 96<sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">th</span></sup>, but here there are exits at 87<sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">th</span></sup> and 86<sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">th</span></sup>, and there is some visible graffiti on the wall of the express track.<br /></div>apwiitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13767721565484592349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239278272557488639.post-90703419350260369602009-05-07T15:54:00.000-07:002009-05-14T13:13:15.863-07:00B/C Trains - 96 St. (Extra Days, stop #456)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFAUkCDcpC1twUBR00I7ZoRgAFMdBqnaJetyHTS9a2_M1KOsAmPhvUK3MGRYnSaumUH1QrUEtLsnm_mbwnIltLT3mGtt1FSiQNs8vYftK_3aI3W3NT72MAri7q9QJw-v5uNas0GOKMqIY/s1600-h/P1050005.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFAUkCDcpC1twUBR00I7ZoRgAFMdBqnaJetyHTS9a2_M1KOsAmPhvUK3MGRYnSaumUH1QrUEtLsnm_mbwnIltLT3mGtt1FSiQNs8vYftK_3aI3W3NT72MAri7q9QJw-v5uNas0GOKMqIY/s320/P1050005.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333220127842461378" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Out: </span> </span><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Again the exit here is on the west side of CPW, right next to the park.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Now on the border of the </span><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Upper West Side</span></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, there are a number of towering residential high rises.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoDAo1EYgNFDmZmek31onH5i5Izck2d1QDWf-V-KNyG2l0Oi7wFmj8w12ZOYufCUqgyZopqDYGWaVsWOr_78MMcD2BSxo8zgkzr-esSnOKrosbwcWr4A5PPGcP_pWXBz8USvwICOicVSo/s1600-h/P1050007.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoDAo1EYgNFDmZmek31onH5i5Izck2d1QDWf-V-KNyG2l0Oi7wFmj8w12ZOYufCUqgyZopqDYGWaVsWOr_78MMcD2BSxo8zgkzr-esSnOKrosbwcWr4A5PPGcP_pWXBz8USvwICOicVSo/s320/P1050007.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333220139006348530" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /></div><div><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The only obvious commercial activity is a guy selling hot dogs from a cart.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There is plenty of traffic looking to enter and exit one of the park crossovers here.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">96</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">th</span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> itself here is a large street, with two lanes of traffic in each direction.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It is also lined by large high rises to the west, with a fewer smaller buildings interspersed.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcRNNBHdqaPFtfUbj6yf9SaJs_RNIFJttLePlvFuzALFBRy7nCHrba8dNRhfj76jzDBWbh1M9TNSW3tu5KiAQQfhE9qFM5HcADN7l9P_h7oiA7dAJ0_e04_Q46vjCPy1XX0TrtewgDYM4/s1600-h/P1050008.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcRNNBHdqaPFtfUbj6yf9SaJs_RNIFJttLePlvFuzALFBRy7nCHrba8dNRhfj76jzDBWbh1M9TNSW3tu5KiAQQfhE9qFM5HcADN7l9P_h7oiA7dAJ0_e04_Q46vjCPy1XX0TrtewgDYM4/s320/P1050008.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333220149491467346" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /></div><div><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Some of the buildings look to be classic and pre-war, but others are clearly more modern.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There is also a large church on the corner here and a Tudor-style apartment building on 97</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">th</span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicC_OcMe_lDZ009w6y5ECkPBfQRSVIXKHjAbOphYIwfw9VX-MNGUJ3ZC88hvLsdSoJr4G5FrP_FX0Uo8JKIOU1j4OXxWI5rHifqGb9yLqWM4wI5_hzyasCC5-B72rGCTAQu5u-GM7APyA/s1600-h/P1050006.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicC_OcMe_lDZ009w6y5ECkPBfQRSVIXKHjAbOphYIwfw9VX-MNGUJ3ZC88hvLsdSoJr4G5FrP_FX0Uo8JKIOU1j4OXxWI5rHifqGb9yLqWM4wI5_hzyasCC5-B72rGCTAQu5u-GM7APyA/s320/P1050006.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333220133193231618" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /></div><div><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The people on the street are pretty mixed between white, black, and Hispanic, plus there are a number of tourists now.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There is a playground at the corner here with many moms, nannies, and kids.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There are not too many people in work attire, and more in workout clothes.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Definitely getting into the wealth of the UWS here.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">In: </span>Similar to 103 St.</span></div></div></div>apwiitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13767721565484592349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239278272557488639.post-43503910303823692862009-05-07T15:36:00.000-07:002009-05-08T13:12:11.956-07:00B/C Trains - 103 St. (Extra Days, stop #455)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUKOlP-PWKXpWGcYl7yGQGQy4wLgrXTir7_hLhZrLpiHMVGM5Ojec4nXKrJdrAbIxak1kuwzOVloHgueR9thxookrIgC8u9p5KfJ4RTDawBFATtaypwatFVWRxUlfnlPvPJllFT1RPyxM/s1600-h/P1050002.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUKOlP-PWKXpWGcYl7yGQGQy4wLgrXTir7_hLhZrLpiHMVGM5Ojec4nXKrJdrAbIxak1kuwzOVloHgueR9thxookrIgC8u9p5KfJ4RTDawBFATtaypwatFVWRxUlfnlPvPJllFT1RPyxM/s320/P1050002.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333215619914551666" /></a><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Out:</span> </span><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The station here is next to </span><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Central Park</span></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, as the next many stations will also be.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It’s very residential here.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">On 103</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">rd</span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> there are a number of brick tenements and some Puerto Rican flags flying.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">On the block there are some older black and Puerto Rican men hanging out.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">103</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">rd</span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> itself is quite small here, with just one lane of traffic.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPD2Zxg96WowsrgBDbfk0JwDdcuIQfTnzI6dtI2WhSXukdnOyVyXikmrZxaDPxJ7FWPrGFyjpzcmMVvaYj4yhkgZnLRCTQ9FefVy6_qgQz5pjpGWX_zIRsxEdhYC5jaWGPdGcZZKp_y08/s1600-h/P1050004.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPD2Zxg96WowsrgBDbfk0JwDdcuIQfTnzI6dtI2WhSXukdnOyVyXikmrZxaDPxJ7FWPrGFyjpzcmMVvaYj4yhkgZnLRCTQ9FefVy6_qgQz5pjpGWX_zIRsxEdhYC5jaWGPdGcZZKp_y08/s320/P1050004.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333215628202503970" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /></div><div><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">On CPW there are more people out and some tourists speaking a Scandanavian language, along with many other white people/gentrifiers.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There are also many people who look like they are just leaving the park after a run or other exercise.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There is also some type of protest going on about a block away (see photo).</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwPywUxCcMOENkJufSYBgMG1QUNruvo5TkgCO7HuO3N3CT4gUpw0RgidpJPYAAoL8hyphenhyphen-P_Gr0ciwBNQLys-HzuRs_SIFDAAy5_aHxr-lR3XL3JH4W03ah8qAd9XRyLYaRxhLFGQ5SgOm8/s1600-h/P1050001.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwPywUxCcMOENkJufSYBgMG1QUNruvo5TkgCO7HuO3N3CT4gUpw0RgidpJPYAAoL8hyphenhyphen-P_Gr0ciwBNQLys-HzuRs_SIFDAAy5_aHxr-lR3XL3JH4W03ah8qAd9XRyLYaRxhLFGQ5SgOm8/s320/P1050001.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333215612366343538" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /></div><div><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">In the park here there are some large boulders across from the stop, indicating the rockier terrain in this northern section. On CPW there are basically only fancy residential buildings with many arches, bay windows, and other accents on the façade.</span></span></div><div><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBSOrus6_jVJjTl0eQEBA9bUaj7aa1pRqKI2POkbflSakxqOpE13bT3KQdk7G7UMCry0Rt8SVc79eIdTY2GCAtpN0RcQ84cuPW_6IjE6uWCS8xpoYM4RxBQjxeyp8D4bgnZmyCwZ_OFbg/s1600-h/P1050003.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBSOrus6_jVJjTl0eQEBA9bUaj7aa1pRqKI2POkbflSakxqOpE13bT3KQdk7G7UMCry0Rt8SVc79eIdTY2GCAtpN0RcQ84cuPW_6IjE6uWCS8xpoYM4RxBQjxeyp8D4bgnZmyCwZ_OFbg/s320/P1050003.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333215622633025410" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">In: </span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The station is a bit dirtier than 110 St.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The color scheme is similar to the previous stops, with blue metal columns and a blue mosaic tile name, but the layout has changed.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Now the station is bi-level, with the uptown tracks on the top level, just one flight below street level, along with the booth and turnstiles.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">On each level there is one platform and two tracks, with the outer track being the express bypass.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The platform wall has white tiling while the far wall is just black backing with no tiling.</span></div></div></div>apwiitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13767721565484592349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239278272557488639.post-59959756371104569282009-05-07T15:35:00.000-07:002009-05-14T13:13:36.085-07:00B/C Trains - 110 St.-Cathedral Pkwy. (Extra Days, stop #454)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKXxdVITqutuR0vlZ2onxptq_Oo8vuYFyhZN8PegZru8jhxJZ4kMh_2nUxS2dyTDuj8FepJxjcA8Z4-NMBlq0qy75J5HS4rYimu6JKOTJ4047yKdUUeUKlObDyyuSMRZN9IU6iFlP-2-s/s1600-h/P1040809.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKXxdVITqutuR0vlZ2onxptq_Oo8vuYFyhZN8PegZru8jhxJZ4kMh_2nUxS2dyTDuj8FepJxjcA8Z4-NMBlq0qy75J5HS4rYimu6JKOTJ4047yKdUUeUKlObDyyuSMRZN9IU6iFlP-2-s/s320/P1040809.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333216681848124354" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Out:</span> </span><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The exit here is at the NW corner of </span><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Central Park</span></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPi0PQzQ8BX7gn1qJwKpdms5C4ZbA1P2NNJSqPSs3e_mKpvDkdIyakcrfc0y-i3NMv8fXDiY6hehahKzYaTtPQrQZEANsvqGNHKFNikQwllWO7_o6CYe6T7eHJ_dDQPa_56g3RdJPO3fc/s1600-h/P1040808.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPi0PQzQ8BX7gn1qJwKpdms5C4ZbA1P2NNJSqPSs3e_mKpvDkdIyakcrfc0y-i3NMv8fXDiY6hehahKzYaTtPQrQZEANsvqGNHKFNikQwllWO7_o6CYe6T7eHJ_dDQPa_56g3RdJPO3fc/s320/P1040808.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333216678263745442" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /></div><div><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There is a lot of construction going on in the not-yet-completed traffic circle here.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWx1lGiLlLAGqYSMGmvWrGJpIe3DqxXqFDd6g3TMPmsxEjFnmFvOu8SrQZIQ7Tw2trJSLdrKejlb61ILCYCMRqMXZj-wIR8zGOodXw2VsoUULpITXqgho0hTiUOSSCw0EpHvxLdSLF_sA/s1600-h/P1040806.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWx1lGiLlLAGqYSMGmvWrGJpIe3DqxXqFDd6g3TMPmsxEjFnmFvOu8SrQZIQ7Tw2trJSLdrKejlb61ILCYCMRqMXZj-wIR8zGOodXw2VsoUULpITXqgho0hTiUOSSCw0EpHvxLdSLF_sA/s320/P1040806.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333216667971597730" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></span></span></div><div><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There are now many gentrifiers around, and their presence is gaining when compared to the number of black people on the streets.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I can see the trees of </span><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Central Park</span></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> along with two big apartment towers here, the “Towers on the Park”.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ht6H_UHbFgodNUBVA6Zo8zcVeKs7qaoVHSgJPL4cV4-QolRf4dVQf4mV_0SXLCcygUWmDaLiMjWmeCOWkKAi0959qre8TeITXZPSUbHLqoEP0PTxYEkXAU9GTXns-JKHEBr3tpa95co/s1600-h/P1040807.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ht6H_UHbFgodNUBVA6Zo8zcVeKs7qaoVHSgJPL4cV4-QolRf4dVQf4mV_0SXLCcygUWmDaLiMjWmeCOWkKAi0959qre8TeITXZPSUbHLqoEP0PTxYEkXAU9GTXns-JKHEBr3tpa95co/s320/P1040807.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333216671712719714" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /></div><div><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There are also a number of other brick-fronted tenements around.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There is a cleaners, a grocery, a café, and a gas station here, but in general it’s much more residential than commercial.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">In:</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The mezzanine here is small with a dimly lit platform.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There’s a mosaic tile mural with the title “Migrations”, that is tasteful if a bit abstract.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The platform color scheme and layout is similar to 116 </span><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">St.</span></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, but here the express tracks are running below grade.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There is also a mosaic tile mural on the platform depicting Frederick Douglass.</span></div></div></div>apwiitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13767721565484592349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239278272557488639.post-64124285925131772802009-05-07T15:33:00.000-07:002009-05-14T13:12:40.687-07:00B/C Trains - 116 St. (Extra Days, stop #453)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDAqxhF5Vz1c0dX0jClKfMFH3dkGipZDx3rsVb6ycl3jJ-C1p_Ia2EJm9RLMQOuL9SdM1h_YqgBikmci2BVpmXeayebd3vrvXORXRMI5i4njlUsubW6WGh8yuiBB8AIXXWWsmWeMV9kOI/s1600-h/P1040804.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDAqxhF5Vz1c0dX0jClKfMFH3dkGipZDx3rsVb6ycl3jJ-C1p_Ia2EJm9RLMQOuL9SdM1h_YqgBikmci2BVpmXeayebd3vrvXORXRMI5i4njlUsubW6WGh8yuiBB8AIXXWWsmWeMV9kOI/s320/P1040804.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333218359328890882" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Out: </span></span><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The area near this stop features some good </span><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Harlem</span></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> architecture, with a mix of brownstones and well-maintained brick apartment buildings with art deco accents.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi32G58eLSh5xzsOfo6QG06Wr_Zc-S3ew26-G8UW_SCIqCPycUTV_qzEmoNZb0AfRLrEFMHnBwkq_TOy7MUIuzOj-y_BUoXkmCVTlnzPfCSOjYfWPcCcgOKxRH3Ob9RHAf3M_UKZDnUuzM/s1600-h/P1040803.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi32G58eLSh5xzsOfo6QG06Wr_Zc-S3ew26-G8UW_SCIqCPycUTV_qzEmoNZb0AfRLrEFMHnBwkq_TOy7MUIuzOj-y_BUoXkmCVTlnzPfCSOjYfWPcCcgOKxRH3Ob9RHAf3M_UKZDnUuzM/s320/P1040803.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333218355698376402" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /></div><div><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The area around the stop is mostly black, with a strong Senegalese presence, as well as a good number of gentrifiers.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixWCRV0CluzETXIV93kpM7tH6oFr5jl1oekJLHPf59QkDtxm1IzEaT9K1TDcxKcA716M-Cy8DgMaoKgvVTEwKyglubelucrFSdq4BmW1hoeUxf4bqMXwAGn8Q2w8XlhRXH0DyvsUH1P-0/s1600-h/P1040805.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixWCRV0CluzETXIV93kpM7tH6oFr5jl1oekJLHPf59QkDtxm1IzEaT9K1TDcxKcA716M-Cy8DgMaoKgvVTEwKyglubelucrFSdq4BmW1hoeUxf4bqMXwAGn8Q2w8XlhRXH0DyvsUH1P-0/s320/P1040805.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333218364744198994" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /></div><div><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There is a Halal deli, some Senegalese stores, and women in headscarves.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The local mosque, the “Masjid Aqsa”, is near the 99¢ store.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I walked down to 110 </span><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">St.</span></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> from here.</span></span></div><div><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYFbwRNz5-ck5ppviDfbxqwgajpZ0BuWE9K6-jlFJ054weDk9vVotchwOmOH-0H2ZSuW8Y12-DaX0_ezdhF2NFI4CqzfUcV6tL19ELU4hxIFb4zU-_FwRx4PqQtVMjltqwJ6j5pHoHxKQ/s1600-h/P1040802.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYFbwRNz5-ck5ppviDfbxqwgajpZ0BuWE9K6-jlFJ054weDk9vVotchwOmOH-0H2ZSuW8Y12-DaX0_ezdhF2NFI4CqzfUcV6tL19ELU4hxIFb4zU-_FwRx4PqQtVMjltqwJ6j5pHoHxKQ/s320/P1040802.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333218357547248210" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">In:</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The station walls here are covered in dirty white tiles, and the stop is dimly lit.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There are blue metal columns by the platform edge.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The layout here is two opposing platforms with four tracks and express bypass.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There is a blue mosaic station name in the </span><st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">IND</span></st1:place></st1:state><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> style.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The paint here is peeling pretty badly at certain places.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There is only one exit.</span></div></div>apwiitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13767721565484592349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239278272557488639.post-39221021592504783672009-05-07T15:29:00.000-07:002009-05-14T13:13:52.647-07:00A/B/C/D Trains - 125 St. (Extra Days, stop #452)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirByuMNGTiUxG1STi51m3AvyirRYiPVIHopDCj5AXUAO3f6Z9ulGbnW95Vx22uK_IuhQAmNeUqxgeNShdmcuNRVpq5H-QTZEm8yudMl2r56NArzMip83cdVfv4Yw9jA5u1eficKbFSMow/s1600-h/P1030926.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirByuMNGTiUxG1STi51m3AvyirRYiPVIHopDCj5AXUAO3f6Z9ulGbnW95Vx22uK_IuhQAmNeUqxgeNShdmcuNRVpq5H-QTZEm8yudMl2r56NArzMip83cdVfv4Yw9jA5u1eficKbFSMow/s320/P1030926.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333213748710182802" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Out: </span> </span><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The exit here is on a busy stretch of 125 </span><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">St.</span></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, at the corner of </span><st1:street st="on"><st1:address st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">St. Nicholas Ave.</span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There are plenty of people out and about as well as traffic, even on a Sunday afternoon.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There are many small businesses and fast food places, as well as larger chains.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrKfsQ6W0vAxYqn2bWeRvxAE4CP09d8JZGMKbZIH6_S5e3BcGFb__-27KPm8KvkgJR8CBMte_Ugcgpi7rPuzciEV5Zrt8lO2A7Gy3YSlILpmv7kfONKbLW4IZI1QqO1XSyl3WmvBzerlo/s1600-h/P1030923.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrKfsQ6W0vAxYqn2bWeRvxAE4CP09d8JZGMKbZIH6_S5e3BcGFb__-27KPm8KvkgJR8CBMte_Ugcgpi7rPuzciEV5Zrt8lO2A7Gy3YSlILpmv7kfONKbLW4IZI1QqO1XSyl3WmvBzerlo/s320/P1030923.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333213755618569986" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /></div><div><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">While 125 is almost all commercial with many stores and large billboards, there are many large apartment buildings on St. Nicholas.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The people around are mostly black, not surprising here on the main street of </span><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Harlem</span></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></span><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span style=""></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD_QvR1VADu3R7ox85YLCKa0dvMDKW_uI7A0QlWO0_yuVPFQTV5klGeMVNAZuuYf5Fm5eFJtbS_xfAgrf1nXgDlpQWet0vu5bkDzTkeGqWJKnLdZj35hbotFMA1fAUpmNk-pKYqNofXZY/s1600-h/P1030927.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD_QvR1VADu3R7ox85YLCKa0dvMDKW_uI7A0QlWO0_yuVPFQTV5klGeMVNAZuuYf5Fm5eFJtbS_xfAgrf1nXgDlpQWet0vu5bkDzTkeGqWJKnLdZj35hbotFMA1fAUpmNk-pKYqNofXZY/s320/P1030927.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333213752528868882" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">In: </span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The layout here is two platform, four track with both express and local access.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There are brick tile floors on the platform and green metal columns in the middle of the platform.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There is green tile stripe down the side wall and no mosaic station name.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The station in general is dimly lit and the tiles on the walls are dirty.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The mezzanine is also floored in brick tiling and extends for the length of the platform and there are multiple exits.</span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig5wiuipiTF7Hvqko3V_IN2A3xLTBO12tnJwZ64Ukq7_wc6WFguqBP4NQtcXwS2RoYjcm6cK9q9ZVCiNHg1P_f0uTJ6dw31XLwNBTG0c8fS9oXB_35s9tCun-hGBXMp2fbCMjaS_vo_8I/s1600-h/P1030922.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig5wiuipiTF7Hvqko3V_IN2A3xLTBO12tnJwZ64Ukq7_wc6WFguqBP4NQtcXwS2RoYjcm6cK9q9ZVCiNHg1P_f0uTJ6dw31XLwNBTG0c8fS9oXB_35s9tCun-hGBXMp2fbCMjaS_vo_8I/s320/P1030922.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333213738432993266" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /></div></div></div>apwiitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13767721565484592349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239278272557488639.post-69650698327085014372009-05-07T15:25:00.000-07:002009-05-14T13:11:36.537-07:00B/C Trains - 135 St. (Extra Days, stop #451)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ8LerItyLMygjXNT2KM6My6fIOEsrYHxro732t_m-p-sL_nt41hj46nHzez3l50XdSdPeZHgzKdeqeLY6JXafnjuOf8NQ5Rv7q8ZjCB5JEx-FZBB7OcC5QoCRyyxIeuEQ1uDpSb1iS3o/s1600-h/P1030940.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ8LerItyLMygjXNT2KM6My6fIOEsrYHxro732t_m-p-sL_nt41hj46nHzez3l50XdSdPeZHgzKdeqeLY6JXafnjuOf8NQ5Rv7q8ZjCB5JEx-FZBB7OcC5QoCRyyxIeuEQ1uDpSb1iS3o/s320/P1030940.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333212617659615794" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYVJl-Z7sUSv6cRQBM2Ae_rSH8UuTAXOtnpMGTzXhFG5MzrnDWrvcP44MuudVfershuajvv_LB33VLfrY7oHcWYABICW4dpPO44MGvMiXSfso2i4CnUP1JSk49n0KE-MmIsw90OsXCqzw/s1600-h/P1030936.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYVJl-Z7sUSv6cRQBM2Ae_rSH8UuTAXOtnpMGTzXhFG5MzrnDWrvcP44MuudVfershuajvv_LB33VLfrY7oHcWYABICW4dpPO44MGvMiXSfso2i4CnUP1JSk49n0KE-MmIsw90OsXCqzw/s320/P1030936.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333212612757998034" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Out: </span> </span><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This area is again very residential, with no obvious commercial activity nearby.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The main buildings here are large apartment blocks and tenements.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The interesting feature here is that one entrance to the train is built into a hillside (see photo) leading up to </span><st1:place st="on"><st1:placetype st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">City</span></st1:placetype><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><st1:placetype st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">College</span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, whose buildings are visible over the top of the hill.</span></span><div><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9UtbrbexNRUjxqXH6DX3inkVwD3h4JyZID3MtN7_Jr1qktuOr1_f3OR8SCfDj2x000t5mJqkMlukIs-LXtjlnbJ4N1wN-fwDlwcyBbPoZvdfb1ifwncTic3PsogXLEs-lHx3-rmw5pAw/s320/P1030938.JPG" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333212602245585010" /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuM_uCbjdSyO2Q_3actYAswVHVQPuKQDG777_peVXiF2vXG7aXWAMOeJ3-O7-L9ZCBRlchFfKt737ej_jxq55qru5Q7kUUwiB75yXSJfZUF11lsUsOkRF9Sctqt3l8Rd0k01o3k565aFs/s1600-h/P1030939.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuM_uCbjdSyO2Q_3actYAswVHVQPuKQDG777_peVXiF2vXG7aXWAMOeJ3-O7-L9ZCBRlchFfKt737ej_jxq55qru5Q7kUUwiB75yXSJfZUF11lsUsOkRF9Sctqt3l8Rd0k01o3k565aFs/s320/P1030939.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333212605770744338" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">In:</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The station here has a two platform, six (!) track layout.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There are two sets of express tracks that bypass the station, one for the A train and one for the D train, which reflect their positioning on different levels at 145 St.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Thus, the opposing platforms are very far apart here.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There are green metal columns by the platform edge and a green mosaic station name in the </span><st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">IND</span></st1:place></st1:state><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> style.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There is no mezzanine here, just a booth at platform level and the exit one flight up.</span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggTs3v7ZPwNVWS1g7mO7MSTzVsXFVXvj0Y56vN8fM-K7S1fvD482sT4U_1ielfqEVhRunkpQWanKtqqEcq132oL2tX64h_VYCQs_IRib6PWM8EAxNZS8Xj9a7WXC1k55oIo5n2cTrDZp0/s1600-h/P1030934.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggTs3v7ZPwNVWS1g7mO7MSTzVsXFVXvj0Y56vN8fM-K7S1fvD482sT4U_1ielfqEVhRunkpQWanKtqqEcq132oL2tX64h_VYCQs_IRib6PWM8EAxNZS8Xj9a7WXC1k55oIo5n2cTrDZp0/s320/P1030934.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333212596617724482" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /></div></div>apwiitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13767721565484592349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239278272557488639.post-84603916826961832352009-05-07T15:21:00.000-07:002009-06-25T12:47:46.550-07:00A/B/C/D Trains - 145 St. (Extra Days, stop #450)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGBYwWdCVowVo3Ns-D4oYr9dOAbg1Cpqtj1riQlSWFdNJn_PSHthEQZJIdfB9l5_z4P2FfY8EVviVHjXd8OvNcrcMd6GVvN12P_FloGUiPWHoOFkw2-PDPIrZaCpd6F6eZgL5UpE__w9o/s1600-h/P1030933.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGBYwWdCVowVo3Ns-D4oYr9dOAbg1Cpqtj1riQlSWFdNJn_PSHthEQZJIdfB9l5_z4P2FfY8EVviVHjXd8OvNcrcMd6GVvN12P_FloGUiPWHoOFkw2-PDPIrZaCpd6F6eZgL5UpE__w9o/s320/P1030933.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333211516816961154" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-2Hms_ZAzEnXPqKDAAP-RWmvqEhnueHZ9CnuS4ylAN-f5ymVIr4N2SzD05zRvahwRmRgZ9P3Y2bYPiFCKDfW0Ex-wMPPldycGqyuursTWvJlvh8dnd_u-D1NBAXu83-aNxhp-E9qPyZY/s1600-h/P1030932.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-2Hms_ZAzEnXPqKDAAP-RWmvqEhnueHZ9CnuS4ylAN-f5ymVIr4N2SzD05zRvahwRmRgZ9P3Y2bYPiFCKDfW0Ex-wMPPldycGqyuursTWvJlvh8dnd_u-D1NBAXu83-aNxhp-E9qPyZY/s320/P1030932.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333211513938231426" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Out: </span> </span><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The neighborhood here is very residential, with only a few small business nearby.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The housing is almost all large tenements, but there are a few more architecturally interesting row houses/brownstones nearby. The area is mostly black with some kids near the stop looking like they are searching for something to do.</span></span><div><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG2gsdi63JvAdUi5RMzYNlWt8cSJOMPlgEMPKc16CpX_sEL5oFYRkVT0Vqywi_CIuPpCFdJKxDHXY1aC4oc637xP_AvxXheEfYd2Bbsd-y2XAJpBdOA8JaDhi96U9m6rrZMl5Jdn15DiQ/s1600-h/P1030929.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG2gsdi63JvAdUi5RMzYNlWt8cSJOMPlgEMPKc16CpX_sEL5oFYRkVT0Vqywi_CIuPpCFdJKxDHXY1aC4oc637xP_AvxXheEfYd2Bbsd-y2XAJpBdOA8JaDhi96U9m6rrZMl5Jdn15DiQ/s320/P1030929.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333211505477294322" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">In:</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The station here is three levels.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The bottom level has the B/D, the middle the A/C, and the top level is a long mezzanine with exits at 145 </span><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">St.</span></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and 147 St.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The levels with train access have a two platform, four track layout with local and express access.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There are white tiles on the wall with a</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">yellow tile stripe and yellow metal columns.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There is no mosaic station name, just “145” lettering on small black tiles.</span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFm7BGvdcps_x8gC_pxMFow1fw01ju_qQUNtn9kVu_yGdFMHCkVHwI4RrWI8dnaINOxDdhfICX_sToIpoGVjJ_ZlLibtn6itvpjmLdNnQVAz7MWgyAgasaE7eLzlDxntg7s_A0TwoC8P8/s1600-h/P1030928.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFm7BGvdcps_x8gC_pxMFow1fw01ju_qQUNtn9kVu_yGdFMHCkVHwI4RrWI8dnaINOxDdhfICX_sToIpoGVjJ_ZlLibtn6itvpjmLdNnQVAz7MWgyAgasaE7eLzlDxntg7s_A0TwoC8P8/s320/P1030928.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333211498934386450" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /></div></div>apwiitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13767721565484592349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239278272557488639.post-75399445794397130272009-05-07T15:18:00.000-07:002009-05-20T20:09:05.438-07:00C/E Trains - 23 St. (Day 10, stop #449)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQqfuu_exvRR1lIqAwfHd2JiR9AOb29m80cVBNE4lpxRZ0SeZg6BLvQ9KLvonK3RH_6w2fBDw58WXaGJr7uvf2-ex8CHlUdlCVsCtMD2NeXCvcFz8NTzqPOiDpnvXgQTqjP8qLHbIMgIQ/s1600-h/P1040925.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQqfuu_exvRR1lIqAwfHd2JiR9AOb29m80cVBNE4lpxRZ0SeZg6BLvQ9KLvonK3RH_6w2fBDw58WXaGJr7uvf2-ex8CHlUdlCVsCtMD2NeXCvcFz8NTzqPOiDpnvXgQTqjP8qLHbIMgIQ/s320/P1040925.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333210551415591106" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Out: </span> </span><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Outside the stop here there are many well-maintained large apartment buildings, and a bunch of trees about a block away.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The area is pretty much all gentrified and white/Asian, but there are some black/Hispanic people too.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There are a good number of gay guys here in </span><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Chelsea</span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, and the stores are a mix of bars, restaurants, and mom & pop places, some of which have rainbow flags flying outside.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There is the Dallas BBQ right at this corner, which always has a significant place in my heart.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This neighborhood is a good mix of residential and commercial.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I manage to catch the last remnants of sunlight for a couple photos.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I also saw here a long ling of cop cars speeding by, but I can’t see the immediate cause.</span></span><div><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdCwQAIdscaK-qgeR6g0EKpCl6uFrXsddbQOOFnyfgKOLleTWS9EMo1TNNh0TwraUIxsM7P9qxlGaJSlJL6vwiCQMcQEfOYhBFzT_hKCD_QJMeo5Ef4jjYQzH9wkjWVCWEgDlT1yN5Erg/s1600-h/P1040926.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdCwQAIdscaK-qgeR6g0EKpCl6uFrXsddbQOOFnyfgKOLleTWS9EMo1TNNh0TwraUIxsM7P9qxlGaJSlJL6vwiCQMcQEfOYhBFzT_hKCD_QJMeo5Ef4jjYQzH9wkjWVCWEgDlT1yN5Erg/s320/P1040926.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333210557185234642" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">In:</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Dirty white tiles on the walls here, and a two platform, four track layout with express bypass.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There are yellow columns by the platform edge, and yellow mosaic tile on the wall with the station name in the </span><st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">IND</span></st1:place></st1:state><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> style.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There are also lots of “23” in small black tiles.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There’s an underpass to the other side here, but no mezzanine; the booth is right below the street level.</span></div></div>apwiitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13767721565484592349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239278272557488639.post-1411541090906646602009-05-07T14:57:00.000-07:002009-05-07T15:17:24.821-07:00L Train - 3rd Ave. (Day 10, stop #448)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCiomp6Zhyqt7gdMxAc3b37PwM5_cyKOvtBRxdesC5WA5E-l6wC_QdiPWaxzQdm2GCe3VFzpCAOaCuw5nu0BKM2u4XI5oRu-bNHCqiZ3U7oKm1d8Z6Ym3qRwG5KOztLjnxQbQk8GlZ2cc/s1600-h/P1040923.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCiomp6Zhyqt7gdMxAc3b37PwM5_cyKOvtBRxdesC5WA5E-l6wC_QdiPWaxzQdm2GCe3VFzpCAOaCuw5nu0BKM2u4XI5oRu-bNHCqiZ3U7oKm1d8Z6Ym3qRwG5KOztLjnxQbQk8GlZ2cc/s320/P1040923.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333204948424013714" /></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Out:</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The stop here is right next to the Met Life building, which dominates the intersection.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">An NYU dorm is another prominent feature here.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Most of the residential buildings here are large apartment towers, but there are some smaller four-story narrow brick apartment buildings on 14</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">th</span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The neighborhood here is somewhat less hipster-ish, but still mostly white/Asian gentrified.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">There is a mix of mom and pop stores, with Duane Reade-type places as well. This is definitely a wealthy and primarily residential area, even if not totally refined.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCPI9fOne1zhyphenhyphenNoNzDiR46il5iKhwUjsYqKxYWelpiQkUpvDqdxn3KPBVPqYkJJWRmOT_g1UzPscD6IwcUf0_GdEUzr2ejCZegOGY9f6zWfuIX1ekcRAdUQg9D2rRLn3U_dwt-8Bhr55E/s1600-h/P1040924.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCPI9fOne1zhyphenhyphenNoNzDiR46il5iKhwUjsYqKxYWelpiQkUpvDqdxn3KPBVPqYkJJWRmOT_g1UzPscD6IwcUf0_GdEUzr2ejCZegOGY9f6zWfuIX1ekcRAdUQg9D2rRLn3U_dwt-8Bhr55E/s320/P1040924.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333204948543968994" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">In:</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Similar to 1 Ave., but the mosaic tile border on the wall is blue with burgundy background for “3”.</span></div>apwiitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13767721565484592349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239278272557488639.post-20352566646666967582009-05-07T14:55:00.000-07:002009-05-07T14:57:36.662-07:00L Train - 1st Ave. (Day 10, stop #447)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Out: </span> </span><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The buildings near here are a mix of three story apartments and the large apartment buildings of </span><st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Stuyvesant</span></st1:placename><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><st1:placetype st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Town</span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> (see photo).</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzprwLwME99AVyNTCmYldnCj_BXnHCCIZ_hDb4dYt2rHN4MoRDqJ6GWaykRINf8Zup4PGQdWq_9yqRjrVfFCa-HDpeKUspDSthTKUGDS9nAuuuSLRzUinY0jRFdTktajCcXCfmt51_bQY/s320/L+-+1+Ave.+%231.JPG" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333204418423859266" /><br /></div><div><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I can smell food grilling here from the nearby street car, and there are also plenty of small restaurants near here.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There are also a couple of fast food spots and the streets are a little dirty.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzbOiXC4SPK6H_gSAjDXSqPsvhYooJkwfCeP9nPENZ5hOY3g82ZuyRbbd37m6GFUz5ODYgmYgIpw4LB-dxWdfRsROorZyavDfQSDDkOEnKnKNnNtM757Yb44FYOKtp0AT-Eo27oqRJnh4/s1600-h/P1040921.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzbOiXC4SPK6H_gSAjDXSqPsvhYooJkwfCeP9nPENZ5hOY3g82ZuyRbbd37m6GFUz5ODYgmYgIpw4LB-dxWdfRsROorZyavDfQSDDkOEnKnKNnNtM757Yb44FYOKtp0AT-Eo27oqRJnh4/s320/P1040921.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333204422144647650" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /></div><div><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The majority of people are white and look hipster-ish, not surprisingly.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There are a few Hispanic people who mostly seem to walking towards </span><st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Alphabet</span></st1:placename><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><st1:placetype st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">City</span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, to the east.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There are also some elderly folk wandering out of </span><st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Stuy</span></st1:placename><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><st1:placetype st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Town</span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Even though this neighborhood has become thoroughly gentrified, it still retains a little bit of its former grittiness.</span></span></div><div><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXS0CjRlwegq4FLSuwW4PaYZ2oOHku5zFWPPOrJK5pCd3QXIvb5sgE6HQDaD3OmCZLMEKNwkm8kT1saLWLPiT00Lq6eJtBUnzg5FEHGQH-rkAYNPieVkPnqWfG1aItJGEixZFJEtDOLGw/s1600-h/P1040922.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXS0CjRlwegq4FLSuwW4PaYZ2oOHku5zFWPPOrJK5pCd3QXIvb5sgE6HQDaD3OmCZLMEKNwkm8kT1saLWLPiT00Lq6eJtBUnzg5FEHGQH-rkAYNPieVkPnqWfG1aItJGEixZFJEtDOLGw/s320/P1040922.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333204428113307010" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">In: </span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The layout here is two opposing platforms and two tracks.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There is again an appealing tile mosaic station name, in the style of the L stops in </span><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Brooklyn</span></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, with a blue background and yellow/green border.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">At the top of the walls there is a border of larger yellow/green tiles with a “1” on a blue background.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The tiles look pretty dirty for the most part, but the lighting is ok.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">On the platform I run into Danielle’s friend Amanda, who is, perhaps somewhat surprisingly, only the second person I know I’ve run into during this project.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There is no mezzanine at the station, just a small booth area right below the street, and there is no crossover.</span></div></div>apwiitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13767721565484592349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239278272557488639.post-58260011854654932522009-05-07T14:53:00.000-07:002009-05-07T14:54:47.199-07:00L Train - Union Square (Day 10, stop #446)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Out: </span>See photos and description of 4/5/6 Trains - 14th St.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">In:</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The station here is similar to </span><st1:street st="on"><st1:address st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">6</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">th</span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> Ave.</span></st1:address></st1:street><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, but the wall tiles are cleaner, and the mosaic tiling at the top of the wall has a “U”.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The color may be green and yellow, but it’s so dirty it’s hard to tell.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Upstairs is a large and expansive mezzanine which allows for transfer to the other trains here.</span></div>apwiitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13767721565484592349noreply@blogger.com