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Re: When did the switch from incandescent to flourescent lighting occur in the NYC subway? |
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Posted by BrooklynBus on Fri Oct 6 13:27:58 2006, in response to Re: When did the switch from incandescent to flourescent lighting occur in the NYC subway?, posted by El-Train on Thu Oct 5 22:10:59 2006. The kiosks only existed along the lines of the first subway from South Ferry on the Broadway-Fourth Avenue Line (Lex) to 42 Street, Shuttle to Times Square and up Broadway (7 Ave). I remember them in Midtown and Downtown. I believe it was sometime in the 60s when a stupid decision was made to remove them. They were all taken down in less than a year, maybe within a few months. I recall a story in the Herald Tribune Sunday Magazine when the decision was made. There was no real outcry to save them. This was at a time when most everyone believed that anything "old" was bad and all things new were great.Many years later I realized why as a kid I also felt that way. It was because everything old was deteriorated and ugly looking. It was before I ever heard the word "Restoration". That movement began around 1969. I believe it was the destruction of Penn Station that got our psyche turned around and was the beginning of "Landmarking." It wasn't until they started restoring old buildings in the 1970s that I and many others first realized how pretty they were. Subway station renovations started much later except for a few early experiments (Bowling Green & 49 St, eg.). I'm sure others can give you more specific details. |
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