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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Aug 26 14:44:50 2013, in response to Re: Essex- Before the IND, posted by 3-9 on Sun Aug 25 18:28:08 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 stairwaysThey did NOT demolish the fake wall. They tiled over most of it. They may have opened some sections to do work, but that wall is exactly where they put it in 1989. This is the wall that replaced the "jail" gate fence along the platform. This is the primitive 'essex" mosaics I was talking about, which in 1989, was one of the first attempts at recreating mosaics in the system. In any event, these are photos from the mid-2000's renovation which tiled over the 1989 wall:     What you are thinking of may be the wall they took down in the mid 2000's renovation on the south end of the station where they redid the stairways to the F line, seen here:  (Don't remember who's photo this is) That is not where the jail like fence was. The jail like fence prior to the 1989 renovation was the whole section to the north of the fare area. That whole wall is a fake wall that cuts the platform almost in half. |
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