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Posted by Broadway Lion on Tue Jan 21 12:35:30 2020, in response to Gimbels Passageway agsin, posted by rbseabeach on Tue Jan 21 09:01:23 2020. Well, we all already know this but I may as well say it again for those who as know it not:The Gimbles tunnel is NOT under the sidewalk, and it is NOT on city property. It is in the VAULT SPACE that belongs to the hotel and to the store (whatever store is in there now). I used to use it daily, twice daily in fact, but that does not make it any more desirable. It was built without city approbation all on privately owned property. Yes there is a sidewalk, but technically it is not under the sidewalk. It is on private property. Most buildings are set back from their property line a little so that they have a vault space under the sidewalk. There are still many trap doors with stairs leading to the basements of stores, and there are street elevators that poke up through the sidewalk from the vault. Mostly it was put there to deliver and hold coal. So yes, that is why the Gimbles Tunnel looks like a coal bin. To open it would require the contrivance of the property owner (Vorando) which would happen very easily if they were given adequate financial compensation for so to do. Patrol, exit and safetry would be big issues. Law requires that a space must be within 75' of an exit.When the hotel had shops down there and Gimbles basement was open this was a gimme. Now not so much. I'd not expect it to be opened again in my lifetime, but then I could be wrong. Do any of you think I am ever wrong? I'd put up a bag of galleons to a box of donuts that it will not open, but I have no galleons, and do not like stale donuts. |
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