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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...l-station.html

CJB

City Hall NYC - stunning photos
 

On 6/28/2012 5:18 PM, CJB wrote:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...l-station.html

CJB



Thanks for the link. It is truly an astounding station.

City Hall NYC - stunning photos
 

On Friday, 29 June 2012 01:18:35 UTC+1, CJB wrote:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...l-station.html


All that tiling makes it look like a colossal toilet.

City Hall NYC - stunning photos
 

On Jun 29, 5:39*am, george conklin wrote:
On 6/28/2012 5:18 PM, CJB wrote:



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ks-ghost-subwa...

CJB

Thanks for the link. *It is truly an astounding station.

I managed to get a ride through it a few years ago, but most of the
lighting was off at the time. I've heard that they don't throw
passengers off the 6 train at Brooklyn bridge any more, so it's easy
to do it now. It's not far from the old Court Street station where
the Transit Museum is now, so worth doing both at the same time.

City Hall NYC - stunning photos
 

On Jun 29, 9:05*am, Stephen Furley wrote:
On Jun 29, 5:39*am, george conklin wrote:

On 6/28/2012 5:18 PM, CJB wrote:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ks-ghost-subwa....

CJB

Thanks for the link. *It is truly an astounding station.

I managed to get a ride through it a few years ago, but most of the
lighting was off at the time. *I've heard that they don't throw
passengers off the 6 train at Brooklyn bridge any more, so it's easy
to do it now.
Yes - as it says in the article....
Tim

City Hall NYC - stunning photos
 

On Jun 29, 9:29*am, TimB wrote:
On Jun 29, 9:05*am, Stephen Furley wrote: On Jun 29, 5:39*am, george conklin wrote:

On 6/28/2012 5:18 PM, CJB wrote:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ks-ghost-subwa...

CJB

Thanks for the link. *It is truly an astounding station.

I managed to get a ride through it a few years ago, but most of the
lighting was off at the time. *I've heard that they don't throw
passengers off the 6 train at Brooklyn bridge any more, so it's easy
to do it now.

Yes - as it says in the article....
* Tim

I see. I wasn't able to read the article at the time; it was coming
up with the Daily Mail heading, but the rest was blank. That was on
the bus on the way to work; I'll try again later.

City Hall NYC - stunning photos
 

On Jun 29, 9:51*am, wrote:
On Jun 29, 9:29*am, TimB wrote:









On Jun 29, 9:05*am, Stephen Furley wrote: On Jun 29, 5:39*am, george conklin wrote:

On 6/28/2012 5:18 PM, CJB wrote:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ks-ghost-subwa...

CJB

Thanks for the link. *It is truly an astounding station.

I managed to get a ride through it a few years ago, but most of the
lighting was off at the time. *I've heard that they don't throw
passengers off the 6 train at Brooklyn bridge any more, so it's easy
to do it now.

Yes - as it says in the article....
* Tim

I see. *I wasn't able to read the article at the time; it was coming
up with the Daily Mail heading, but the rest was blank. *That was on
the bus on the way to work; I'll try again later.

Try

http://www.thefineartphoto.net/2012/01/

Chris B.

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On Jun 28, 8:18*pm, CJB wrote:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ks-ghost-subwa...

CJB

Guastavino tile. One of the captions mentions it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guastavino_tile

I saw a book about Guastavino over at the National Building Museum (in
DC) two years ago. The work is so magnificent.

The link to http://www.guastavino.net/ at the Wikipedia page is bad.
The Architecture School at MIT maintains that site, I think. Just a
minute, please....

Here you go: http://architecture.mit.edu/class/guastavino/news.html .
There's another link there like that. I have the email address of the
person at MIT who's in charge of that site. I might get around to
writing him.

City Hall NYC - stunning photos
 

On 29/06/2012 01:18, CJB wrote:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...l-station.html

CJB


Was the station so suddenly closed, though? Was there advanced warning
of any sort?

I can do you one better; They decided to shutter South Kentish Town on
what is now the London Underground's Northern Line in one afternoon in
in June of 1924, and promptly acted on that decision. The station was
temporarily closed that afternoon because of industrial action at a
local power supplier, and they simply never re-opened it.

Low pax volumes was the reason.

You'd never get away with that today, I'm certain.

City Hall NYC - stunning photos
 

On 29/06/2012 09:05, Stephen Furley wrote:
On Jun 29, 5:39 am, george conklin wrote:
On 6/28/2012 5:18 PM, CJB wrote:



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ks-ghost-subwa...

CJB

Thanks for the link. It is truly an astounding station.

I managed to get a ride through it a few years ago, but most of the
lighting was off at the time. I've heard that they don't throw
passengers off the 6 train at Brooklyn bridge any more, so it's easy
to do it now. It's not far from the old Court Street station where
the Transit Museum is now, so worth doing both at the same time.


... except for the fact that the loop and the transit museum are in
different boroughs.

Assuming that you rode the loop first, you would have to cross back over
to the downtown tracks, at Brooklyn Bridge - City Hall, get on a
Lexington Line train for another four stops to Borough Hall in Brooklyn
and then walk another two or three blocks to Court Street station.

City Hall NYC - stunning photos
 

On 29/06/2012 09:29, TimB wrote:
On Jun 29, 9:05 am, Stephen Furley wrote:
On Jun 29, 5:39 am, george conklin wrote:

On 6/28/2012 5:18 PM, CJB wrote:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ks-ghost-subwa...

CJB

Thanks for the link. It is truly an astounding station.

I managed to get a ride through it a few years ago, but most of the
lighting was off at the time. I've heard that they don't throw
passengers off the 6 train at Brooklyn bridge any more, so it's easy
to do it now.
Yes - as it says in the article....
Tim


What is the deal with the outer track on the South Ferry loop, now that
the Brodway Local no longer stops there?

South Ferry loop is not open to passengers and you can be fined for
criminal trespassing, IIRC.

City Hall NYC - stunning photos
 

On 29/6/12 21:48, in article ,
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On 29/06/2012 09:05, Stephen Furley wrote:
On Jun 29, 5:39 am, george conklin wrote:
On 6/28/2012 5:18 PM, CJB wrote:



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ks-ghost-subwa...

CJB

Thanks for the link. It is truly an astounding station.

I managed to get a ride through it a few years ago, but most of the
lighting was off at the time. I've heard that they don't throw
passengers off the 6 train at Brooklyn bridge any more, so it's easy
to do it now. It's not far from the old Court Street station where
the Transit Museum is now, so worth doing both at the same time.


.. except for the fact that the loop and the transit museum are in

different boroughs.

Assuming that you rode the loop first, you would have to cross back over
to the downtown tracks, at Brooklyn Bridge - City Hall, get on a
Lexington Line train for another four stops to Borough Hall in Brooklyn
and then walk another two or three blocks to Court Street station.


Different boroughs, but not far apart, and it doesn't take long to get from
one to the other. Anybody who was interested in seeing one would be quite
likely to be interested in the other. I would guess 20-25 minutes to get
from one to the other? It's several years since I did it, so I can't
remember exactly how long it took.

City Hall NYC - stunning photos
 

wrote

I can do you one better; They decided to shutter South Kentish Town on
what is now the London Underground's Northern Line in one afternoon in in
June of 1924, and promptly acted on that decision. The station was
temporarily closed that afternoon because of industrial action at a local
power supplier, and they simply never re-opened it.

Nearby Kentish Town West closed suddenly in April 1971 (because it burnt
down), and in 1976 the closure was announced as permanent (though I don't
think closure formalities were ever completed). However, it reopened in
1981.

Peter

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On 29/06/2012 22:17, Peter Masson wrote:


wrote

I can do you one better; They decided to shutter South Kentish Town on
what is now the London Underground's Northern Line in one afternoon in
in June of 1924, and promptly acted on that decision. The station was
temporarily closed that afternoon because of industrial action at a
local power supplier, and they simply never re-opened it.

Nearby Kentish Town West closed suddenly in April 1971 (because it burnt
down), and in 1976 the closure was announced as permanent (though I
don't think closure formalities were ever completed). However, it
reopened in 1981.

Peter
Those were extraordinary circumstances, and the same could be said for
Intervale Avenue, on the New York City Subway's White Plains Road Line,
when it was burned down in 1989. Indeed, the Metropolitan Transportation
Authority had even considered not rebuilding the station, according to
Wikipedia, though public outcry prevented that from happening.

There was nothing wrong with South Kentish Town as a station when they
decided to shutter it.

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On Fri, 29 Jun 2012 22:17:36 +0100, "Peter Masson"
wrote:



wrote

I can do you one better; They decided to shutter South Kentish Town on
what is now the London Underground's Northern Line in one afternoon in in
June of 1924, and promptly acted on that decision. The station was
temporarily closed that afternoon because of industrial action at a local
power supplier, and they simply never re-opened it.

Nearby Kentish Town West closed suddenly in April 1971 (because it burnt
down), and in 1976 the closure was announced as permanent (though I don't
think closure formalities were ever completed). However, it reopened in
1981.

There are quite a few stations in and around London which were
"temporarily closed" for various reasons but which either never opened
their doors again or were resurrected after many years. The West
London Line (Willesden Junction to Clapham Junction) is a prime
example with local services ceasing during WW2 due to bomb damage and
local services not restored (longer distance and freight trains
continued to use the line) until around 20 years ago with two or three
stations reinstated (in situ or with nearby replacements) since then.

City Hall NYC - stunning photos
 

On 29/06/2012 23:16, Charles Ellson wrote:
On Fri, 29 Jun 2012 22:17:36 +0100, "Peter Masson"
wrote:



wrote

I can do you one better; They decided to shutter South Kentish Town on
what is now the London Underground's Northern Line in one afternoon in in
June of 1924, and promptly acted on that decision. The station was
temporarily closed that afternoon because of industrial action at a local
power supplier, and they simply never re-opened it.

Nearby Kentish Town West closed suddenly in April 1971 (because it burnt
down), and in 1976 the closure was announced as permanent (though I don't
think closure formalities were ever completed). However, it reopened in
1981.

There are quite a few stations in and around London which were
"temporarily closed" for various reasons but which either never opened
their doors again or were resurrected after many years. The West
London Line (Willesden Junction to Clapham Junction) is a prime
example with local services ceasing during WW2 due to bomb damage and
local services not restored (longer distance and freight trains
continued to use the line) until around 20 years ago with two or three
stations reinstated (in situ or with nearby replacements) since then.


Not the same. There was nothing physically wrong with South Kentish
Town, besides a temporary power disruption, which could easily be
rectified. They just decided not to reopen the station in one afternoon.