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Posted by MainR3664 on Thu Sep 13 13:21:13 2018, in response to Former Cortland St Station, posted by gp38/r42 chris on Sun Sep 9 09:11:52 2018. Ok, I went yesterday and got a good look for myself.I like it. It fits well with the Oculus. I do think the mosaics will be very hard to maintain, though. They should have either used the flat-white look throughout, or put the wording into the tiles, IND-style. Grand, Contract 1-4 styles can be used elsewhere, like Rector on the R/W (jackhammer that 1971 bathroom look to shit). In other postings, I've lamented the loss of the IND look at 8th Ave (L), Fulton (J/Z) and Broad Street. But I do agree the BRT/BMT looks installed look great. |
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Posted by MainR3664 on Thu Sep 13 13:23:45 2018, in response to Re: Former Cortland St Station, posted by Q4 on Wed Sep 12 08:19:01 2018. That seems right. I don't remember exactly when, but at some point in the past few years, the station area was in nearly complete daylight as PA work was going on.And this was after the tunnel, and a shell matching the 1918 station, were built right after 9/11. All that work was subsequently demolished. |
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Posted by 3-9 on Thu Sep 20 15:00:15 2018, in response to Former Cortland St Station, posted by gp38/r42 chris on Sun Sep 9 09:11:52 2018. I finally got a look at the station, and to say I was unimpressed with the construction is an understatement. The station is ALREADY falling apart to wit:1) On the uptown platform, it now pretty obvious that the "raised letters" and mosaic background tiles are not stone, Why? Because they are already breaking and chipping off, showing the wood supports they were mounted on. In fact, one section of the wall was cordoned off because not only the paneling, but the station sign had fallen off. 2) Again on the uptown platform, the wallpaper for the printed words are now bubbling. A LOT. Maybe we should have just gone with patching the pre-9/11 station instead of a renovation. At least it was better built. :-( |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Thu Sep 20 15:21:37 2018, in response to Re: Former Cortland St Station, posted by 3-9 on Thu Sep 20 15:00:15 2018. The pre-9/11 station could not be patched; it was completely destroyed. |
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Posted by italianstallion on Thu Sep 20 16:27:26 2018, in response to Re: Former Cortland St Station, posted by Spider-Pig on Thu Sep 20 15:21:37 2018. Excellent post. |
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Posted by VictorM on Thu Sep 20 16:37:49 2018, in response to Re: Former Cortland St Station, posted by 3-9 on Thu Sep 20 15:00:15 2018. Maybe the wallpaper is only temporary, pending permanent replacement. |
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Posted by Union Tpke on Thu Sep 20 18:55:23 2018, in response to Re: Former Cortland St Station, posted by VictorM on Thu Sep 20 16:37:49 2018. The mosaic is partially completed underneath the wallpaper. |
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Posted by 3-9 on Thu Sep 20 22:03:23 2018, in response to Re: Former Cortland St Station, posted by Spider-Pig on Thu Sep 20 15:21:37 2018. It wasn't. A portion of it was caved in, but not the whole station. They did end up demolishing it later. |
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Posted by MainR3664 on Fri Sep 21 07:11:00 2018, in response to Re: Former Cortland St Station, posted by 3-9 on Thu Sep 20 22:03:23 2018. They also built a shell in 2002 that was configured the same as was done in 1918, but that was demolished during construction of the Oculus. |
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Posted by Q4 on Fri Sep 21 08:31:54 2018, in response to Re: Former Cortland St Station, posted by Union Tpke on Thu Sep 20 18:55:23 2018. The wallpaper on the uptown platform is temporary as a "place holder" until they install the rest of the "artwork" with the raised letters like on the southbound side. |
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Posted by LA Scott on Fri Sep 21 08:44:25 2018, in response to Re: Former Cortland St Station, posted by MainR3664 on Fri Sep 21 07:11:00 2018. It looks like the southern quarter and a little bit at the north end of the station is at least partially from the 2002 reconstruction.The ends of the station look like classic duel contracts. |
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Posted by MainR3664 on Fri Sep 21 12:42:51 2018, in response to Re: Former Cortland St Station, posted by LA Scott on Fri Sep 21 08:44:25 2018. Hmmm...it might have some support columns, but I use the 1 pretty often. In my recent memory, the area was completely exposed to daylight for a while (and some daylight was visible at the NW corner just a few months ago). I think the entire 2002 reconstruction, at least of the station area itself (which would be most of the reconstruction) was demolished.As we know, they wanted no supporting columns- but maybe the column-free zone couldn't be quite as big as they wanted, they installed a few at the station ends. If I get a chance, I'll explore on foot... |
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Posted by MainR3664 on Fri Sep 21 12:44:17 2018, in response to Re: Former Cortland St Station, posted by gp38/r42 chris on Wed Sep 12 20:44:05 2018. I like the look of the whole job. But I think those mosaics will be very very very hard to clean and maintain. |
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