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Chambers Street Station Was Bland & Boring When Brand New (1913) |
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Posted by heypaul on Wed Dec 6 17:49:32 2017 But after 100+ years, it has a wonderful patina |
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Re: Chambers Street Station Was Bland & Boring When Brand New (1913) |
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Posted by Edwards! on Wed Dec 6 18:13:32 2017, in response to Chambers Street Station Was Bland & Boring When Brand New (1913), posted by heypaul on Wed Dec 6 17:49:32 2017. 😂... Yes..Yes it does. The leaking sewer, the standing piles of 💩 along the walls, and the trash all add a lovely coating of grime you won't find anywhere else. 👩💬Cool💫 👚👏💥 👖 👠👠 |
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Re: Chambers Street Station Was Bland & Boring When Brand New (1913) |
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Posted by heypaul on Wed Dec 6 18:55:31 2017, in response to Re: Chambers Street Station Was Bland & Boring When Brand New (1913), posted by Edwards! on Wed Dec 6 18:13:32 2017. Edwards... I don't understand all the hieroglyphics at the end of your post. If those high heel shoes at the end are meant to reignite the unfounded vicious rumors that I cross dress when I post here, I'll have to consult with my attorney. |
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Re: Chambers Street Station Was Bland & Boring When Brand New (1913) |
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Posted by Union Tpke on Wed Dec 6 18:58:51 2017, in response to Chambers Street Station Was Bland & Boring When Brand New (1913), posted by heypaul on Wed Dec 6 17:49:32 2017. How long were the platforms when they opened? |
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Re: Chambers Street Station Was Bland & Boring When Brand New (1913) |
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Posted by Elkeeper on Wed Dec 6 19:40:02 2017, in response to Re: Chambers Street Station Was Bland & Boring When Brand New (1913), posted by heypaul on Wed Dec 6 18:55:31 2017. heypaul, he would never do that to you, so don't get your cute little pink panties in a twist! |
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Re: Chambers Street Station Was Bland & Boring When Brand New (1913) |
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Posted by Elkeeper on Wed Dec 6 20:08:09 2017, in response to Re: Chambers Street Station Was Bland & Boring When Brand New (1913), posted by Union Tpke on Wed Dec 6 18:58:51 2017. I believe they were 535 feet, for 8 car Standards and LIRR trains. |
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Re: Chambers Street Station Was Bland & Boring When Brand New (1913) |
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Posted by heypaul on Wed Dec 6 20:12:47 2017, in response to Re: Chambers Street Station Was Bland & Boring When Brand New (1913), posted by Elkeeper on Wed Dec 6 19:40:02 2017. "heypaul, he would never do that to you, so don't get your cute little pink panties in a twist! "More vicious lies. Good thing I have my lawyer on retainer. |
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Re: Chambers Street Station Was Bland & Boring When Brand New (1913) |
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Posted by Elkeeper on Wed Dec 6 20:14:40 2017, in response to Re: Chambers Street Station Was Bland & Boring When Brand New (1913), posted by Edwards! on Wed Dec 6 18:13:32 2017. The MTA is deathly afraid to attempt to fix its many problems. Some of those sewer and water lines go back to 1913. |
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Re: Chambers Street Station Was Bland & Boring When Brand New (1913) |
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Posted by Elkeeper on Wed Dec 6 20:24:21 2017, in response to Re: Chambers Street Station Was Bland & Boring When Brand New (1913), posted by heypaul on Wed Dec 6 20:12:47 2017. is he from Dewey, Cheatum, and Howe, or from Jackoffsky and Meyers? |
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Re: Chambers Street Station Was Bland & Boring When Brand New (1913) |
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Posted by Jackson Park B Train on Wed Dec 6 21:06:12 2017, in response to Re: Chambers Street Station Was Bland & Boring When Brand New (1913), posted by Elkeeper on Wed Dec 6 20:24:21 2017. Satan, Beelzebub, Lucifer & Moloch |
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Re: Chambers Street Station Was Bland & Boring When Brand New (1913) |
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Posted by Q Brightliner Harry on Wed Dec 6 22:59:01 2017, in response to Re: Chambers Street Station Was Bland & Boring When Brand New (1913), posted by Elkeeper on Wed Dec 6 20:24:21 2017. Howard, Fine, and Howard. |
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Re: Chambers Street Station Was Bland & Boring When Brand New (1913) |
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Posted by MainR3664 on Thu Dec 7 06:46:59 2017, in response to Chambers Street Station Was Bland & Boring When Brand New (1913), posted by heypaul on Wed Dec 6 17:49:32 2017. Looks like as many of the light fixtures were missing- but at this point, they probably hadn't been installed. Today, where you see a wire hanging out of the receptacle, it's because they've broken off and the spot not covered up....!! |
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Re: Chambers Street Station Was Bland & Boring When Brand New (1913) |
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Posted by Bill Newkirk on Thu Dec 7 07:36:27 2017, in response to Chambers Street Station Was Bland & Boring When Brand New (1913), posted by heypaul on Wed Dec 6 17:49:32 2017. Elevated style third rail too. The wall sconce fixtures not yet installed.Now come up with a photo of LIRR MP-41's in that station and give us something to talk about. :-) Bill Newkirk |
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Re: Chambers Street Station Was Bland & Boring When Brand New (1913) |
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Posted by W.B. on Thu Dec 7 08:27:09 2017, in response to Re: Chambers Street Station Was Bland & Boring When Brand New (1913), posted by Edwards! on Wed Dec 6 18:13:32 2017. Makes one wonder if that station in particular, and the Nassau Street loop in general, qualifies as something of a "red-headed stepchild" of the subway system in terms of how it's been treated since its opening. (I'm thinking specifically the Bowery station and that whole business of the abandoned tracks.) |
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Re: Chambers Street Station Was Bland & Boring When Brand New (1913) |
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Posted by northshore on Thu Dec 7 09:56:44 2017, in response to Chambers Street Station Was Bland & Boring When Brand New (1913), posted by heypaul on Wed Dec 6 17:49:32 2017. I am surprised that Chambers St and the Bowery Stations are not restored to their former glory because both Downtown and the Bowery are such Hipster Trendy areas. Perhaps they use Uber. |
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Re: Chambers Street Station Was Bland & Boring When Brand New (1913) |
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Posted by Broadway Lion on Thu Dec 7 10:38:37 2017, in response to Re: Chambers Street Station Was Bland & Boring When Brand New (1913), posted by W.B. on Thu Dec 7 08:27:09 2017. No, that is not it at all. It is only the filth that is holding the wals in place as it is.Besides the MTA is not responsible for leaking sewers. Somebody will have to fix the sewers first. IIRC Chambers street is NEAR Canal Street. IIRC Canal Street was a CANAL before it was a street. So what they did in fact was to build a subway in the bottom of a canal. Chambers Street is like onto it (I suppose)in the bottom of a primordial swamp with swamp ooze oozing in by the bucket full, running down the walls, onto the floors and bu to your ankles. (It doesnt rhyme now, but wait until the tide come in.) |
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Re: Chambers Street Station Was Bland & Boring When Brand New (1913) |
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Posted by Joe V on Thu Dec 7 12:35:01 2017, in response to Re: Chambers Street Station Was Bland & Boring When Brand New (1913), posted by Broadway Lion on Thu Dec 7 10:38:37 2017. Why isn't the adjacent #6 train station, separated only by a phony wall, not as disgusting ? |
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Re: Chambers Street Station Was Bland & Boring When Brand New (1913) |
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Posted by Joe V on Thu Dec 7 12:36:25 2017, in response to Re: Chambers Street Station Was Bland & Boring When Brand New (1913), posted by Elkeeper on Wed Dec 6 20:08:09 2017. MP41 cars were 51' long. I don't think they ever anticipated an MP54 ever operating via the Chestnut Street connection to there. |
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Re: Chambers Street Station Was Bland & Boring When Brand New (1913) |
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Posted by Bill Newkirk on Thu Dec 7 15:01:04 2017, in response to Re: Chambers Street Station Was Bland & Boring When Brand New (1913), posted by Joe V on Thu Dec 7 12:35:01 2017. Why isn't the adjacent #6 train station, separated only by a phony wall, not as disgusting ?Do you mean the Broad St bound track with the 1950s ceramic wall tiles ? Bill Newkirk |
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Re: Chambers Street Station Was Bland & Boring When Brand New (1913) |
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Posted by Joe V on Thu Dec 7 16:53:32 2017, in response to Re: Chambers Street Station Was Bland & Boring When Brand New (1913), posted by Bill Newkirk on Thu Dec 7 15:01:04 2017. Yes |
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Re: Chambers Street Station Was Bland & Boring When Brand New (1913) |
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Posted by Elkeeper on Thu Dec 7 17:29:22 2017, in response to Re: Chambers Street Station Was Bland & Boring When Brand New (1913), posted by Broadway Lion on Thu Dec 7 10:38:37 2017. No, the leaks come from water and sewer lines under the streets. Some may predate the 1913 opening of the station. Another possible source is the basement walls and/or floors of the NYC Municipal Building. Part of the roof of Chambers St station was lowered for a storage are under the NU Municipal Bldg. That area is now 70+ years old. |
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Re: Chambers Street Station Was Bland & Boring When Brand New (1913) |
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Posted by randyo on Thu Dec 7 17:56:16 2017, in response to Re: Chambers Street Station Was Bland & Boring When Brand New (1913), posted by W.B. on Thu Dec 7 08:27:09 2017. Actually when the Essex St master tower was installed, it was intended to break down the wall at the south (RR north) end of Canal St and have all 4 tks go through to Chambers St and completely realign the former H tracks into J1 and J3 tk into Canal. It was that way on the Essex model board for years until the current alignment was made. I remember years ago going to a GO meeting where one of the high ranking suits mentioned that the new MTA management imported from the "Toonerville Trolley” systems in other cities was thinking in terms of eliminating all switches and abandoning all trackage that didn’t see 24/7 use. As can bee seen, many of those proposals have ben implemented. |
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Re: Chambers Street Station Was Bland & Boring When Brand New (1913) |
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Posted by randyo on Thu Dec 7 17:58:36 2017, in response to Re: Chambers Street Station Was Bland & Boring When Brand New (1913), posted by Elkeeper on Wed Dec 6 20:08:09 2017. Those platforms as built were a lot shorter than they are today and in stations where new tile has not completely replaced the old, you can see the various platform extensions. |
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Re: Chambers Street Station Was Bland & Boring When Brand New (1913) |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Thu Dec 7 18:31:54 2017, in response to Re: Chambers Street Station Was Bland & Boring When Brand New (1913), posted by randyo on Thu Dec 7 17:58:36 2017. They did a nice job at the north end of Union Square, tiling what were once the outer tunnel walls. |
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Re: Chambers Street Station Was Bland & Boring When Brand New (1913) |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Thu Dec 7 18:32:31 2017, in response to Re: Chambers Street Station Was Bland & Boring When Brand New (1913), posted by Q Brightliner Harry on Wed Dec 6 22:59:01 2017. For duty and humanity! |
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Posted by Bill Newkirk on Thu Dec 7 20:24:31 2017, in response to Re: Chambers Street Station Was Bland & Boring When Brand New (1913), posted by Joe V on Thu Dec 7 16:53:32 2017. YesFrom what I understand, that tiled wall wasn't put there to hide the disused platform and staircases, but the station wall had to be sacrificed so the #6 Brooklyn Bridge station adjacent platform could be extended. Back me up on this tunnelrat ! Bill Newkirk |
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Posted by Express Rider on Thu Dec 7 20:29:53 2017, in response to Re: Chambers Street Station Was Bland & Boring When Brand New (1913), posted by Bill Newkirk on Thu Dec 7 20:24:31 2017. I've heard/read the same thing. I might have read it in the David Rogoff fantrip booklet for the AB fantrip October 1966, or in one of his construction histories in the NY Div. Bulletin. I do remember he spent some time discussing Chambers St. station in the booklet. |
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Posted by Elkeeper on Thu Dec 7 20:44:55 2017, in response to Re: Chambers Street Station Was Bland & Boring When Brand New (1913), posted by heypaul on Wed Dec 6 20:12:47 2017. You better buy him a new retainer. He still has buck teeth! |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Thu Dec 7 22:02:01 2017, in response to Re: Chambers Street Station Was Bland & Boring When Brand New (1913), posted by Bill Newkirk on Thu Dec 7 20:24:31 2017. That sounds right. If you were to knock out that wall, both stations would be in plain sight of each other. |
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Re: Chambers Street Station Was Bland & Boring When Brand New (1913) |
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Posted by Edwards! on Fri Dec 8 12:19:58 2017, in response to Re: Chambers Street Station Was Bland & Boring When Brand New (1913), posted by heypaul on Wed Dec 6 18:55:31 2017. Well, if you still fancy those pretty spiked shoes of yours...enjoy yourself!^_^v(=∩_∩=)ﾌ |
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