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Posted by 3-9 on Sat Jun 11 03:54:10 2011, in response to Re: Segmented or closed IND mezzanines, posted by Newkirk Plaza David on Wed Nov 21 10:09:12 2007. East Broadway - the section of the mezzanine (lower and upper) that was closed off corresponds to one or 2 exit stairs to Henry Street above (long since covered over) and 1 platform staircase. I believe the lower part is storage (in all the times I've used the station, I've only looked in once). The remains of the possible second exit stair is actually in the active portion of the upper mezzanine; it's been cemented and tiled where previously it was a wooden wall (with maybe a door), but the evidence is still there - even the light sockets worked until the stair was tiled. The reason I say 'possible' is because, for a stairway, it's unusually small compared to the others.Note that, had the mezzanine not been closed off, the ramp at Madison St. leading to the lower mezzanine would have taken you directly to the proposed Second System station. And something I noticed very recently because I was critiquing somebody's subway simulator of E. Bway: all the stairways on the platform (including the closed ones) point north, except the northernmost one, which points south. If the Second System station had been built, the design would have allowed passengers who walked up the stairs to walk straight to the Second System station, without having to do a U-turn (unless you were on the wrong side). Because of the closure, everyone who gets off at the Madison St. end now has to do a U-turn after they go up the stairs. Delancey Street - except for a relatively small part in the middle, the mezzanine on the north and south has been closed off. Several closed-off stairs on each platform were still there until the latest renovations, but you can still see evidence on the station ceilings. Also note: along the east side of Essex Street, from Grand to Rivington(?) (except at Delancey), there are double-paneled sidewalk entrances to the subway, one per intersection. On the surface, they look like emergency entrances, but if you were to look inside them (sometimes possible when they're opened or bent out of shape, they're pretty flimsy), they're tiled just like subway entrances! I suspect these were former subway entrances, but I have no idea when they were closed. |
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