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91st Street-Broadway Station - 3/29/1904.

Posted by William A. Padron on Mon Mar 29 04:59:36 2021

From the Today's Date In History section of the nycsubway.org website...

91st Street-Broadway, IRT West Side Line, Manhattan; March 29, 1904.


-William A. Padron
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[PHOTOS] Re: 91st Street-Broadway Station - 3/29/1904.

Posted by Bill Newkirk on Mon Mar 29 06:56:20 2021, in response to 91st Street-Broadway Station - 3/29/1904., posted by William A. Padron on Mon Mar 29 04:59:36 2021.

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Re: 91st Street-Broadway Station - 3/29/1904.

Posted by MainR3664 on Mon Mar 29 08:11:47 2021, in response to 91st Street-Broadway Station - 3/29/1904., posted by William A. Padron on Mon Mar 29 04:59:36 2021.

Awesome!! Looks like there was still wet grout, and the light fixtures not yet installed.

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Re: [PHOTOS] Re: 91st Street-Broadway Station - 3/29/1904.

Posted by MainR3664 on Mon Mar 29 08:13:00 2021, in response to [PHOTOS] Re: 91st Street-Broadway Station - 3/29/1904., posted by Bill Newkirk on Mon Mar 29 06:56:20 2021.

Ok, in this one, the station looks just about finished.

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Re: [PHOTOS] Re: 91st Street-Broadway Station - 3/29/1904.

Posted by TransitChuckG on Mon Mar 29 09:23:53 2021, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] Re: 91st Street-Broadway Station - 3/29/1904., posted by MainR3664 on Mon Mar 29 08:13:00 2021.

Nice photos, thanks! Bill Newkirk

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Re: [PHOTOS] Re: 91st Street-Broadway Station - 3/29/1904.

Posted by italianstallion on Mon Mar 29 11:36:55 2021, in response to [PHOTOS] Re: 91st Street-Broadway Station - 3/29/1904., posted by Bill Newkirk on Mon Mar 29 06:56:20 2021.

Love those ads.

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Re: [PHOTOS] Re: 91st Street-Broadway Station - 3/29/1904.

Posted by Asgard on Mon Mar 29 13:06:09 2021, in response to [PHOTOS] Re: 91st Street-Broadway Station - 3/29/1904., posted by Bill Newkirk on Mon Mar 29 06:56:20 2021.

Notice the cord running up from the ticket chopper box. It seems to work the exit gates, but I'm not sure.

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Re: 91st Street-Broadway Station - 3/29/1904.

Posted by 3-9 on Mon Mar 29 14:07:29 2021, in response to Re: 91st Street-Broadway Station - 3/29/1904., posted by MainR3664 on Mon Mar 29 08:11:47 2021.

Is that why the walls already had streaks?

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Re: [PHOTOS] Re: 91st Street-Broadway Station - 3/29/1904.

Posted by Bill Newkirk on Mon Mar 29 18:08:47 2021, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] Re: 91st Street-Broadway Station - 3/29/1904., posted by Asgard on Mon Mar 29 13:06:09 2021.

Notice the cord running up from the ticket chopper box. It seems to work the exit gates, but I'm not sure.

I hope someone has an explanation for that. There's a lot going on in that first photo.

In that second photo, I was told that those cabinets was a newsstand. The glass enclosed cabinets must have been for a display of chewing gum and other sundries. This seems to be an open air newsstand unlike the unusual enclosed types in today's system.

Bill Newkirk


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Re: 91st Street-Broadway Station - 3/29/1904.

Posted by Bill Newkirk on Mon Mar 29 18:13:37 2021, in response to Re: 91st Street-Broadway Station - 3/29/1904., posted by 3-9 on Mon Mar 29 14:07:29 2021.

s that why the walls already had streaks?

After the tile grout has cured, the tiles would have to be rinsed with a sponge. I don't think those streaks would be present on day one when the subway first opened for service.

Bill Newkirk

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Re: [PHOTOS] Re: 91st Street-Broadway Station - 3/29/1904.

Posted by Bill Newkirk on Mon Mar 29 18:16:07 2021, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] Re: 91st Street-Broadway Station - 3/29/1904., posted by italianstallion on Mon Mar 29 11:36:55 2021.

Love those ads.

Yes, I agree. That station must have had that new smell when that photo was taken.

Bill Newkirk

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Re: [PHOTOS] Re: 91st Street-Broadway Station - 3/29/1904.

Posted by K. Trout on Mon Mar 29 20:46:28 2021, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] Re: 91st Street-Broadway Station - 3/29/1904., posted by Bill Newkirk on Mon Mar 29 18:08:47 2021.

My first thought is that it may have been used for the ticket taker to operate the exit gate while working at the box, leaving it closed when not needed to keep out fare-beaters.

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