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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Jul 26 17:36:51 2006 In the Nostalgia Thread, 49th Street was brought up, so couldn't resist a few photos there when I got on the Q train today....The station is showing some wear, but it's still an unusual station. I always liked it. When I was a kid in the 70's, it was one of the only stations that really looked good, when all the others were filthy, falling apart, and just plain grungy. It was like a shining star back then. And even today, while it's 1970's stone benches seem to be all gone, and it is a bit "dated" now, it sure looked modern and sharp back then....     
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Posted by Canton Viaduct on Wed Jul 26 17:40:27 2006, in response to 49th Street-Broadway, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Jul 26 17:36:51 2006. The wall always reminds me of Bowling Green:
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Posted by The Port of Authority on Wed Jul 26 17:41:09 2006, in response to 49th Street-Broadway, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Jul 26 17:36:51 2006. Nice. My favorite part of 49th Street is the lighting effects depicted in the last three pictures. |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Wed Jul 26 17:50:48 2006, in response to 49th Street-Broadway, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Jul 26 17:36:51 2006. nice pics. wow, when the last time you posted same day pics of the subway???? |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Jul 26 18:49:33 2006, in response to Re: 49th Street-Broadway, posted by Terrapin Station on Wed Jul 26 17:50:48 2006. Haha, yeah I had a little extra time today to go beyond the subway for transportation mode. I usually don't have the time to take photos when I am traveling on the subway. It's gotta be a half a year since I took photos! |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Jul 26 18:50:37 2006, in response to Re: 49th Street-Broadway, posted by Canton Viaduct on Wed Jul 26 17:40:27 2006. 49th's are nicer bricks though. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Jul 26 18:52:05 2006, in response to Re: 49th Street-Broadway, posted by The Port of Authority on Wed Jul 26 17:41:09 2006. Yes, the lighting is great at that station. It's much nicer than when they just put a row of lights at the edge of the platform. They didn't do it much after 49th, but then started that more recently again in some renovations, putting the lighting in the arches in the ceiling gives a nicer ombience to the stations. |
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Posted by Mr. Harlem Line on Wed Jul 26 19:05:11 2006, in response to 49th Street-Broadway, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Jul 26 17:36:51 2006. Nice pics! |
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Posted by Edwards! on Wed Jul 26 20:56:30 2006, in response to 49th Street-Broadway, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Jul 26 17:36:51 2006. Your right..it does look dated. |
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Posted by tydev417 on Wed Jul 26 22:24:48 2006, in response to Re: 49th Street-Broadway, posted by Edwards! on Wed Jul 26 20:56:30 2006. Yeah, it reminds so much of the Archer Ave Extension stations. |
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Posted by Eric B on Wed Jul 26 22:30:31 2006, in response to Re: 49th Street-Broadway, posted by Canton Viaduct on Wed Jul 26 17:40:27 2006. Don't forget Lex-63rd.I would love to see a line full of stations with the designs of all three, in the 12 colors you would find on an artist's color wheel. The primary colors would be the express stations, with the three secondary or tertiary colors as the locals. (Bowling green represents "red-orange", while the other two are plain orange). |
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Posted by R384149 on Wed Jul 26 22:35:41 2006, in response to 49th Street-Broadway, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Jul 26 17:36:51 2006. why exactly did they do this to 49th st? was there any specific reason it was done to just this station and why they decided to pick this one? |
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Posted by David of Broadway on Wed Jul 26 22:40:07 2006, in response to 49th Street-Broadway, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Jul 26 17:36:51 2006. I am not aware of any station at the location in the subject line. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Jul 26 22:46:54 2006, in response to Re: 49th Street-Broadway, posted by David of Broadway on Wed Jul 26 22:40:07 2006. Better? |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Jul 26 22:49:27 2006, in response to Re: 49th Street-Broadway, posted by R384149 on Wed Jul 26 22:35:41 2006. I don't know why they picked 49th, but 49th was part of a test program, of refurbishment, and sound proofing. The station had special panels put in the ceiling to make stations quieter. The walls were considered state of the art. It was a test station, and other stations were supposed to follow. But then the 70's city fiscal crisis hit, and that was the end of that. |
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Posted by Edwards! on Wed Jul 26 22:51:01 2006, in response to Re: 49th Street-Broadway, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Jul 26 22:49:27 2006. USA TODAY Weight Lost Challenge. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Jul 26 23:00:53 2006, in response to Re: 49th Street-Broadway, posted by Edwards! on Wed Jul 26 20:56:30 2006. Underneath:
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Posted by J trainloco on Wed Jul 26 23:11:09 2006, in response to Re: 49th Street-Broadway, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Jul 26 23:00:53 2006. YAWN. |
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Posted by J trainloco on Wed Jul 26 23:12:16 2006, in response to 49th Street-Broadway, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Jul 26 17:36:51 2006. Aside from the actual flooring of the platform, which is dated for obvious reasons, the rest of the station looks actually relatively modern. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Jul 26 23:12:27 2006, in response to Re: 49th Street-Broadway, posted by J trainloco on Wed Jul 26 23:11:09 2006. Didn't I say I DIDN't want them to uncover it? So what's the problem? |
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Posted by David of Broadway on Wed Jul 26 23:27:15 2006, in response to Re: 49th Street-BMT Broadway Line, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Jul 26 22:46:54 2006. Sure. Or you could just call it 49th Street and 7th Avenue, much as the next stop up is referred to as 57th Street and 7th Avenue (or 57-7 for short), and much as a nearby stop on the IRT is referred to as 50th Street and Broadway. |
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Posted by R7 Torresdale Express on Thu Jul 27 00:05:23 2006, in response to Re: 49th Street-Broadway, posted by J trainloco on Wed Jul 26 23:11:09 2006. IAWTFP |
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Posted by J trainloco on Thu Jul 27 00:19:03 2006, in response to Re: 49th Street-Broadway, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Jul 26 23:12:27 2006. No problem. Just another tile mosaic that looks EXACTLY like all the others. |
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Posted by xtimx on Thu Jul 27 01:45:51 2006, in response to 49th Street-Broadway, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Jul 26 17:36:51 2006. does anyone know if the original tile is behind that wall or if it was obliterated when the "modern" tiles were put up?that station hurts my eyes. |
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Posted by xtimx on Thu Jul 27 01:50:57 2006, in response to Re: 49th Street-Broadway, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Jul 26 23:00:53 2006. post more pics of this station pre-"modernization" if you don't mind. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Thu Jul 27 07:16:46 2006, in response to Re: 49th Street-Broadway, posted by xtimx on Thu Jul 27 01:50:57 2006. I'd love to, but that photo isn't mine. It's from Lee Stooky's book "Subway Ceramics". It's the first time I ever saw what the mosaics looked like.There's some at NYC subway.org, but not really of the walls: Here's a historic one taken at the same location as my current one yesterday. You can slightly make out the walls across the platform:  Mine from yesterday:
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Thu Jul 27 07:18:42 2006, in response to Re: 49th Street-BMT Broadway Line, posted by David of Broadway on Wed Jul 26 23:27:15 2006. I entered the station through a stairway at 49th and Broadway.It's no different than someone saying 28th St-Lex (meaning the Lex line, not PAS the actual street. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Thu Jul 27 07:21:06 2006, in response to Re: 49th Street-Broadway, posted by xtimx on Thu Jul 27 01:45:51 2006. If it's like most of the other Broadway stations, then the tiles are behind the bricks. It's not real tile. Like the cement block tile, they places a new wall in front of the old, covering them. The same style of renovation was done at Wall St, Hoyt, 137th, all the Brooklyn 4th Ave line stations, formerly the other Broadway line stations, 51st St, etc. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Thu Jul 27 07:27:01 2006, in response to Re: 49th Street-Broadway, posted by J trainloco on Thu Jul 27 00:19:03 2006.  (I don't know who to credit for this photo, I found it on the net a while back, so if it's yours, just say something) |
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Posted by David of Broadway on Thu Jul 27 08:00:37 2006, in response to Re: 49th Street-BMT Broadway Line, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Thu Jul 27 07:18:42 2006. That's pretty astonishing, since the only staircases to the station in question are along 7th Avenue. Did you build your own new staircase to gain access to the station?People don't generally say 28th St-Lex, and even if they did, there's no other subway line under Lex at that point to confuse people with. Again, if the next stop up is commonly referred to as 57th Street and 7th Avenue (or 57-7), why wouldn't you adopt a similar convention at 49th Street and 7th Avenue? |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Thu Jul 27 09:27:35 2006, in response to Re: 49th Street-BMT Broadway Line, posted by David of Broadway on Thu Jul 27 08:00:37 2006. Who cares. We know the stop is on the Broadway Line. |
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Posted by SUBWAYSURF on Thu Jul 27 10:38:26 2006, in response to Re: 49th Street-BMT Broadway Line, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Thu Jul 27 09:27:35 2006. Welcome to todays episode of NEFARIOUS NITPICKERS |
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Posted by SUBWAYSURF on Thu Jul 27 10:38:33 2006, in response to Re: 49th Street-BMT Broadway Line, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Thu Jul 27 09:27:35 2006. Welcome to todays episode of NEFARIOUS NITPICKERS |
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Posted by Wado MP73 on Thu Jul 27 10:57:45 2006, in response to 49th Street-Broadway, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Jul 26 17:36:51 2006. That station is one of the few things in the area that hasn't changed since the eighties. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Thu Jul 27 11:06:32 2006, in response to Re: 49th Street-Broadway, posted by Wado MP73 on Thu Jul 27 10:57:45 2006. It hasn't changed since the 70's actually! Except they took the old stone benches out, which were also sort of state of the art and foriegn back in the 70's. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Thu Jul 27 11:07:15 2006, in response to Re: 49th Street-BMT Broadway Line, posted by SUBWAYSURF on Thu Jul 27 10:38:26 2006. Yeah, and this one is even more useless than most of the nitpicks that go on here. |
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Posted by The Port of Authority on Thu Jul 27 11:09:03 2006, in response to Re: 49th Street-BMT Broadway Line, posted by SUBWAYSURF on Thu Jul 27 10:38:26 2006. B7 for not adding any punctuation. ;-) |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Thu Jul 27 11:13:33 2006, in response to Re: 49th Street-BMT Broadway Line, posted by The Port of Authority on Thu Jul 27 11:09:03 2006. No, B7 for double-posting. |
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Posted by xtimx on Thu Jul 27 12:08:03 2006, in response to Re: 49th Street-Broadway, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Thu Jul 27 07:16:46 2006. thanks for posting the pic. i need to find that book.on the pic of the old tiling, it looks like there are some sort of indented window-like things. |
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Posted by xtimx on Thu Jul 27 12:08:58 2006, in response to Re: 49th Street-Broadway, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Thu Jul 27 07:21:06 2006. yeah i remember when they took the "new" tiles off of prince, 8th, 23rd, 28th on broadway. i wish they would take them off on 4th ave too. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Thu Jul 27 12:09:16 2006, in response to Re: 49th Street-Broadway, posted by xtimx on Thu Jul 27 12:08:03 2006. That was probably a newstand. |
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Posted by J trainloco on Thu Jul 27 12:16:26 2006, in response to Re: 49th Street-Broadway, posted by xtimx on Thu Jul 27 12:08:58 2006. Why? So you can have even more stations that look exactly alike? |
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Posted by TeaBiscuit18thAveDude on Thu Jul 27 12:49:30 2006, in response to Re: 49th Street-Broadway, posted by xtimx on Thu Jul 27 12:08:58 2006. Agreed. THOSE look bad now with all of the water damage. Side walls (trackside) need rehab too....25th Street NYC bound, alot of fugus damage.....yuck. |
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Posted by xtimx on Thu Jul 27 13:24:27 2006, in response to Re: 49th Street-Broadway, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Thu Jul 27 12:09:16 2006. ahh ok you're right. thats where the north entrance is so that would make sense.i wish there was a better picture or one from that platform. |
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Posted by xtimx on Thu Jul 27 13:26:29 2006, in response to Re: 49th Street-Broadway, posted by J trainloco on Thu Jul 27 12:16:26 2006. because they look like shit.have you ever seen 45th st on 4th ave? the graffiti never really comes off the tiles. mosaics (even simple ones like that) look a million times better than what is essentially colored cinderblocks. |
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Posted by J trainloco on Thu Jul 27 13:42:10 2006, in response to Re: 49th Street-Broadway, posted by xtimx on Thu Jul 27 13:26:29 2006. I'm tired of the call to resurrect EVERY tile mosaic in the system. When one looks just like another, there's really no need to have ALL of them restored. |
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Posted by xtimx on Thu Jul 27 13:49:54 2006, in response to Re: 49th Street-Broadway, posted by J trainloco on Thu Jul 27 13:42:10 2006. you honestly don't think the "tiles" on 4th ave are ugly as sin?if there is something nice underneath why are you so against it? thats like if someone put some ugly stickers on a rolls royce, why would it be a big deal to take them off and let the real deal show? |
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Posted by J trainloco on Thu Jul 27 13:55:18 2006, in response to Re: 49th Street-Broadway, posted by xtimx on Thu Jul 27 13:49:54 2006. you honestly don't think the "tiles" on 4th ave are ugly as sin?No, not necessarily. if there is something nice underneath why are you so against it? Because I'm tired of every single station looking alike. thats like if someone put some ugly stickers on a rolls royce, why would it be a big deal to take them off and let the real deal show? Actually, it's not like that. The tile job underneath what's presently there looks just like the rest of the stations with Similar tile mosaics. I'm all for rennovating, and even removing the existing walls. But if this will result in stations that will essentially be replicas of each other (just with different words in the middle of those mosaics), then what's the point. My point: The Chrysler building looks great. It would loose significance if there were multiple replicas, peppered throughout the city. |
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Posted by xtimx on Thu Jul 27 13:58:53 2006, in response to Re: 49th Street-Broadway, posted by J trainloco on Thu Jul 27 13:55:18 2006. the chrysler building does look great.but i don't think they should keep the port authority bus terminal around because even though its wrecthed looking it is "different". |
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Posted by J trainloco on Thu Jul 27 14:00:51 2006, in response to Re: 49th Street-Broadway, posted by xtimx on Thu Jul 27 13:58:53 2006. but i don't think they should keep the port authority bus terminal around because even though its wrecthed looking it is "different".PABT serves a different purpose. It may look strange (I wouldn't say ugly), but it can't be compared to most other NYC buildings. |
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