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Posted by grimace1169 on Tue Feb 1 00:11:41 2011, in response to Re: Time to put this myth to rest Was: 76st what happened?, posted by Randyo on Sun Jan 30 22:00:45 2011. I don't believe I had posted this on here before. I know about the open space above (looks like 4 trackways) and also that this is what Mr. Brennen says on his great website but I believe there is a shell at 2nd Ave. Look at the ceiling between the open space and the 2nd ave. exit. There are what appears to be 5 trackways in the ceiling, nothing very different looking but 5 lengths going across the ceiling. Look at the middle one. It would appear that it was planned to have a staircase go up to the ceiling at this point. A very small staircase ala Utica ave. perhaps? There are lightbulb fixtures in the ceiling at this point typical of a staircase. This is repeated on both F platforms. It would have been an unusual arrangement ala 7th and 34st or 8th and 34st. Picture this, you go through the turnstile at the 2nd ave. entrance and walk right across to the S/B 2nd ave. local train. I don't know why this arrangement was chosen and I can not account for the open space within the station. 2nd ave is one of the most unique IND stations we have. Now I know what you must be thinking. I don't know what the mezz looked like years ago, maybe somebody here does. The area is walled off and an employee facility is in the area now. It is fairly new because of the new V line service at the time. I have access and behind a door within the facility that houses machinery and such, you can climb down and see where it was supposed to be trackways in this area and not the open area that we can all see in the station. In other words, beneath the facility floor is 4 feet of open space. This facility pretty much took up most of the area but maybe one day this space will be reclaimed. |
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