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Posted by grimace1169 on Mon Jan 30 16:23:46 2012, in response to Re: Abandoned Utica Ave Upper Level (Pix Coming Soon), posted by randyo on Mon Jan 30 15:23:20 2012. But there was/is a shell. I know what Brennan's site says about that open space (4 spaces) that is very visable above from the platforms. I admit that I don't know why it was built this way. In fact, I think 2nd Ave. gets my vote as the most peculiar station of all. Between its very odd mezzanine with multiple levels (most now closed), the open space, the closed off entrance/exits at the south end(behind the booth), the tail tracks, the secret mezz above the tail tracks (that someone here mentioned about) and the shell for Second Ave. Those empty spaces are at about the 3rd north motor of a train but the shell, is right at the north end, above the 1st/2nd north motor. If one looks up, just like someone else described in this thread, there are 5 spaces, 4 for tracks and the center one for, I assume, an express platform. This center space has a provision for a staircase from each platform on the F. You can see evidence in the ceiling. Think of it as layout similar to 34/7 or 34/8. Now the reason I say was/is in my first sentence is that where the shell is, the TA constructed crew facilites in this space when the V line came into being. I did not visit this space before these facilities were constructed. I was able to gain access to what is left of the shell by going through a door in the facility and stepping down to the REAL floor and looking at the shell from under the floor of the crew facility. It was quite something to see. Is there someone here that visited this spot before the facilites were constructed? Does anyone know if the 2nd Ave. stop was supposed to be an express for certain?? When I looked at the shell, I did not see any evidence of a middle platform. I wish I had my camera that day. Imagine if you were in the north mezz of 2nd Ave. and you just went through the turnstile, straight ahead would be the downtown local platform of the 2nd Ave. subway. That wall you see today was really only meant to be temporary similar to the wall at the north end of the N/B at Broadway on the G. |
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