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Posted by Bill Newkirk on Mon Mar 1 12:55:06 2021, in response to [PHOTO] Mystery Photo - AB # 2644, posted by Bill Newkirk on Fri Feb 26 18:12:00 2021. Received in an e-mail from someone who requests anonymity.I have been following the great debate about that picture you have of 2644 with the high step. High steps into cars are not uncommon. I have seen this in a number of place with a number of different car types. The key to identifying this photo is the tilework, the style of column and possibly the piece of the station sign. Some stations had different types of columns in the same area. Be very careful with the tile work and the stations, as some stations (like Pacific Street) had one style of tile on the local side wall and a different one on the express. That would, for example, make Pacific Street a contender except for the sign. See photo. Pacific Street used to have a higher step into a car on the south end of the station… I do not recall what the tilework on the south end of DeKalb on the tunnel/bypass side looks like on the Manhattan bound side, but it would be worth a look. Essex, Bowery and Canal Street all have tile and at least one column that match what is in the photo. So does Pacific Street. And now a wild card, what about Myrtle Ave (Gold Street)? Only photos I have seen show round columns but that may only be of one side of the station. Southbound and Northbound could be different, as it is at Canal Street. Bowery and Essex Street on the J line. If you have any photos showing both sides of Myrtle, that might be a clue. Just going by what I am seeing, the only stations this could be are: Pacific Street if the sign was not a factor, DeKalb if the tile on the tunnel track side is different near the ends of the unrebuilt station, Myrtle if columns match in one direction or the other, and finally Canal, Bowery and Essex Streets, where all of the features could be found. Nowhere else has the tile style and columns to match and the sign may or may not be a clue. |
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