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Posted by Express Rider on Tue Sep 27 09:17:31 2016, in response to Re: Where Sands Street station was is now Cadman Plaza Park, posted by Fulton Frank on Tue Sep 27 06:57:36 2016. Hi Fulton Frank & displaced angelino,I've included some URL's of Sands St. station photos below for you to look over: First of all: http://nycsubway.org/perl/showpix?nsta=12& 2304 This is the URL for the Sands St. page of photos, at nycsubway.org, There are 44 of them. Though you'll probably want to examine all the photos; I've included two URL's of photos from this page below. They are views, at street level, looking back at Sands St. station from the south: http://nycsubway.org/perl/show?52479 http://nycsubway.org/perl/show?52014 In addition, here is a URL of an inbound (Manhattan bound) trolley, ramping up outside Sands St. station without stopping, onto the bridge ramp: http://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/fileSendAction/fcType/0/fcOid/15790232512581590/filePointer/43665862757570107/fodoid/43665862757570096/imageType/LARGE/inlineImage/true/Sands%2520street%2520from%2520the%2520northwest%2520side.jpg What is noticeable about all these photos, is that there is no intermediate "mezzanine" level, for a fare control area, between the street and the main level tracks & platforms. This could mean that the fare control area (building?) would almost have to have been at street level, with a flight of stairs, directly up the main platforms for el trains. So, this building that displaced angelino has found, might possibly be the building that housed the fare control area for Sands St. station. The bricked up arches, and arched windows, certainly seem to be from that era, and match somewhat, the arched window arrangement of the station. If this is true, it is interesting to think about how the entire structure was demolished in 1944, and this one building (if it is part of the station complex) might have been untouched. I have never seen any photos of the street level area, underneath Sands St. station either. And who knows if any were taken, except maybe for documentation purposes by the BRT - they probably do not exist now. More investigation is needed. Especially confirming that this immediate area was indeed the location of Sands St. station. Nice find, displaced angelino! |
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