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42nd-34th/6th closed mezzanine.....what crime(s) occured there?

Posted by El-Train on Wed Nov 21 19:45:06 2007, in response to Segmented or closed IND mezzanines, posted by G1Ravage on Wed Nov 21 06:36:49 2007.

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Before I get to that, just wanted to know: Is it an old expression, or were/are the full-length IND mezzanines really similar in size to airport hangars?

And, is the purpose in shuttering off most of these massive mezzanines to cut down on maintenance/renovation, re-purpose it for non-MTA use or because of the risk of crime/safety (talking about recent mezzanine shutterings in the last 10 years))? I must say I am impressed by these mezzanines. The IND was indeed the luxury line of he city. If only they had followed BMT/IND specs with those first two subway contracts.

Back to the topic, so what crime or incident occured in this infamous 6th Ave. mezzanine that got it shuttered? Did crime also spell the doom of the Gimbel's passageway and the 14th St. 7th-8th Ave. passageway? Speaking of the latter, was there a time in which you could walk from 6th Ave to 8th Ave entirely underground? If so would that have been the longest underground walk in the city?

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