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Posted by randyo on Thu May 14 17:11:38 2020, in response to Original Sea Beach Route-What Is Gold St.?, posted by TonyBroadway on Wed Feb 21 03:58:57 2007. I hate to refer to a necropost at this late date but somewhere in this thread reference is made to the method used for changing the tiles to read myrtle Av instead of Gold St. The post said that back then they did things right instead if just slapping a metal ot wooden sign over it. That may have been what the BRT/BMT did things but the IRT didn’t quite do it that way. When Mott Av in the Bx was incorporated as the lower portion of the Grand Concourse circa 1930, 2 stations containing the reference to Mott Av had to be changed. The original station under 149 St was changed from “Mott Avenue” simply by covering the original Mott Avenue mosaics with black letter on a white wooden board reading “149 St Grand Concourse.” The mosaic tiles at 138 St on the Jerome Line which had originally read “138 St-Mott Haven” were simply painted white and the name “138 St Grand Concourse” painted in black letters on the white background. I once visited 138 St and when looking at the mosaic pieces in a certain light, could actually see the original tiles under the white paint. For a long time the small enamel signs on the platform columns continued to read “MH.” At one point during the reconstruction of 149/Gr Conc, some of the original mosaic tiles reading Mott Avenue were exposed. |
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