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Posted by 3-9 on Sun Aug 25 18:28:08 2013, in response to Re: Essex- Before the IND, posted by gp38/r42 chris on Sat Aug 24 09:06:31 2013. Not anymore, what you see there now is mostly the full wall platform. Several years ago they renovated the wall platform (one of the D-type trips dropped riders off on that platform during that time too), and they demolished the wall, exposing the abandoned stairways and plumbing (maybe for rest rooms?). As I remember it, there were at least 2 stairways I could see by peeking through the wooden walls, but I had trouble getting pics. They would have been located right at the corner of Essex and Delancey. Now, virtually all traces of what was there have been eliminated, aside from the empty ceiling space which is just under the sidewalk.Prior to that, my memory is fuzzy, but I remember the old wall was tiled in the '60s style (the way Grand St is). I think it was like that for decades, maybe even earlier than '89. I vaguely remember my siblings complaining about how they reduced the width of the wall platform as far back as the '70s, when they used the station regularly going to high school. |
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