January 23, 2006

First 28 subway stations celebrated at Forgotten NY

New York City's subway system has 468 stations, but when the 101-year old system got statrted, the first line had 28 stations, including the grand old City Hall station.

Forgotten NY has put together a two-part photo extravaganza of the first stations, throwing in bits of history about the stations now and then.

Part One gets as far as 33rd Street. And Part Two covers East 42nd to 145th streets.

New mosaics, old tiles, dusty chandeliers, peeling paint and grand renovations -- the pictures run the gamut and do a great job capturing all the good and bad of the stretch now used by the 4/5/6 trains.

January 23, 2006 05:11 PM in Downtown, History, Midtown, Sightsology, Transportology, Upper East Side

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