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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
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Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 11:02 am Post subject: |
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Regarding "Eye-En-Dee" tilework/station design, etc.........
Recall, Euclid Avenue (1948) indeed was the hallmark of the IND, with its modern, sleek florescent lighting.
The station was "pure IND": modern, spacious, and stylish.
It would have been interesting, for certain, had the IND expanded during the 1950s with new underground routes.
It would have also been interesting, for certain, to see how the newest stations would have been designed and appointed.
Example:
Had the SAS opened as planned (replacing the 3rd Avenue El in Manhattan), I can see the new stations basically all being patterned after Euclid Avenue.
Recall, the handful of BUDD-built R-11s ordered were intended to be the prototype of the new rolling stock for the SAS.
But, alas, they spent most of their service lives as "orphans" in an increasingly "standardized" subway fleet.
Recall, also, the "Tee-Yay" retiring the "Multi-Sections" and the "Triplex" units, as they were deemed "non standard"...........
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
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Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 11:18 am Post subject: |
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Note the unusual (and stylish) "EUCLID" displayed on the columns of said station; this, indeed, would have seemed quite "modern", back in 1948.
Could the new SAS stations have featured similar tile column signs as well?
Of course, we'll never know.............
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?11678
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?943
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
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Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2024 9:59 am Post subject: |
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Note these unusual vintage "streamlined" electric station signs at the "FAIRMOUNT" station on Philadelphia's BSS; I can easily picture such "moderne" signs at "Eye-En-Dee" stations, especially Euclid Avenue.
Also, note the tilework..............
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?70190
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?17039
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traildriver
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Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2024 4:50 pm Post subject: |
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traildriver:
I WELL recall that classic sign, on my last visit to Chicago in 1986; it was a CLASSIC even then!
I am now recalling the (much smaller) electric sign at the St. George terminal, directing passengers down to the SIRT concourse, mounted above the stairway.
I remember it reading: "RIDE THE RAPID" (I'm going back to the 60s, now!)
Mom and I familiar saw that sign too many times to count, when we used to take are frequent day trips to Staten Island, back in the 1960s!
Thanks for sharing the photo of that classic sign; if only the SIRT sign was saved..............
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
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Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2024 5:35 pm Post subject: |
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The most iconic "underground" stations of all were, of course, the once-familiar IRT kiosks, the last of which disappeared (thanks to "progress"!) in the late 1960s.
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?32450
(courtesy: nycsubway.org)
Nothing set the "tone" of a classic film or theatrical cartoon with a "Noo Yawk": setting than did the old "Eye-Are-Tee" kiosks.
Worthy of note:
In "UPTOWN, DOWN" (Fischler) and "UNDER THE SIDEWALKS OF NEW YORK" (Cudahy) there are early photos of one of the kiosks at City Hall; mounted over the entrance is a large electric sign reading: "SUBWAY".
I am now wondering if any other IRT stations also featured electric sign boxes on the kiosks.........
"NYO"
["INTERBOROUGH SUBWAY"]
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Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2024 11:41 pm Post subject: |
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Here is a photo of the IND Rockaway Park station house when the old 1950s- era electric "SUBWAY" sign was still intact, before it was foolishly removed (no regard for local history).......
https://subwaynut.com/ind/beach_116_rockaway_parks/beach_116_rockaway_parks1.jpg
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
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Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2024 12:02 am Post subject: |
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This photo shows the Rockaway Park (IND) station house in 2009; look closely, and you can tell where the old electric "SUBWAY" sign had been mounted............
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?107652
(courtesy: nycsubway.org)
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traildriver
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Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2024 6:32 am Post subject: |
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I used to like the distinctive art deco signs for the IND at the Rockefeller Center complex...they were distinctive from standard signs used elsewhere on the system. They were most likely provided by the Center... |
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
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Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2024 10:37 am Post subject: |
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traildriver wrote: | I used to like the distinctive art deco signs for the IND at the Rockefeller Center complex...they were distinctive from standard signs used elsewhere on the system. They were most likely provided by the Center... |
traildriver:
I well recall those classic signs as well; QUITE stylish, for sure!
Speaking of Art Deco subway signs, check out this handsome example that graces the entrance of the IND's Broadway Junction (ENY) station...........
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?39096
(courtesy: nycsubway.org)
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