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The Old City Hall Subway Station
The once grand City Hall subway station now sleeps quietly under City Hall Park. Originally opened in 1904, this ornate station was the showpiece of the new New York City subway system, with arches and vaulted ceilings, elegant Guastavino and colored glass tiling, skylights, and brass chandeliers. The opening was a huge and novel event:
"The night took on a carnival atmosphere, like New Year's Eve. Many couples celebrated in style by putting on their best clothes, going out to dinner, and then taking their first subway ride together. Some people spent the entire evening on the trains, going back and forth from 145th street to City Hall for hours. Reveling in the sheer novelty of the underground, these riders wanted to soak up its unfamiliar sights and sensations for as long as possible." (Clifton Hood, 722 Miles: The Building Of The Subways [via Forgotten New York.])
Despite it's beauty, the City Hall subway station was never very busy. In the final year of its use it only handled about 600 passengers a day, due to the much busier Brooklyn Bridge station which was close by. The station finally closed for good on New Years Eve in 1945 when, to handle increased ridership, new longer trains were created with doors that were an unsafe distance from the extremely curved track of the station.
The station has laid dormant ever since. It is eerily silent, rusty and water damaged, but none of this betrays its exquisiteness. There has been a lot of talk about opening the station as part of the City's Transit Museum, but it is within City Hall's protected zone, and so worries about terrorism have kept it closed. For now, you can view the station by staying on the 6 train as it loops around at its southernmost point, or you can sign up for occasional tours run by the New York Transit Museum.
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My work is primarily focused on New York photography, but also of various travel spots around the world. You can view the top galleries on the left hand side of the site.
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James Maher