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  Subway Art - Wired New York Forum
Frank Leslie Hampton's "Uptown New York" treats commuters to a sweeping view of classic New York rooftops on the mezzanine at the TREMONT AVENUE station at the Grand Concourse in the Bronx.
New York's subway system expresses an urban body electric that Whitman only glimpsed, and connects each of us to the more personal one that he eloquently envisioned.
It is engraved in gray stone on a wall of the station at 42nd Street and Avenue of the Americas, atop a staircase to the platform where the B, the D, the F and the V rumble by.
www.wirednewyork.com /forum/showthread.php?t=4392   (3541 words)

  
 Computer Center for Visually Impaired People | Baruch College   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
They are Jay Street Borough Hall in Brooklyn, Roosevelt Avenue in Jackson Heights, Queens, 66th Street, Lincoln Center in Manhattan, and 59th Street and Lexington Avenue, also in Manhattan.
New York City subway system maps are available free from the MTA/New York City Transit, at 718-393-4131.
Braille and large print maps, depicting the major concert halls and surrounding areas of Lincoln Center in New York are available directly from Lincoln Center, at (212) 875-5375.
www.baruch.cuny.edu /ccvip/subway_maps.html   (210 words)

  
 The New York Subway Souvenir (1904)
Unfortunately for both New York City and the project of the then Mayor, the scheme submitted to the Common Council and the Legislature of the State, was reported upon with disfavor by both parties and nothing further could be done.
Perhaps it may not be truthfully claimed that New York has become the Mecca of culture and refinement, but it is rapidly assimilating the wealth and the wealth-makers of the world, and it is here that the gold-tipped wand of Enterprise is surest of effecting magic cures.
New Yorkers are wont to boast of their superiority over the rest of mankind, and at last they have good reason for their boast.
www.nycsubway.org /irt/subwaysouvenir.html   (4829 words)

  
 Subway Centennial - Wired New York Forum
The subway was the world's first with regular express service, and the digging for it was speeded along greatly with the first extensive use of cut-and-cover tunnel construction — essentially digging a trench and putting a roof on it — instead of deep excavation.
A rather different association between subways and crime was made that day by the chief of police who, during the festivities, told the chief contractor's wife: "This subway is going to absolutely preclude the possibility of riots in New York.
If New York had followed the subwayless path, instead of 8 million residents in 2000, it might have had fewer than 4 million, and much of the city would be forlorn and lifeless.
www.wirednewyork.com /forum/showthread.php?t=4676   (9844 words)

  
 New York (city) - Wikitravel
New York City is one of the global centers of international finance, politics, communications, music, fashion, and culture, and is among the world's most important and influential cities.
Subway cars are climate controlled (generally heated in the winter and air-conditioned in the summer), but the rest of the system, including the stations and platforms, is not.
Subway: 1 to 66th St. or walkable from A, C, and E trains at 59th St. or the 2 and 3 trains to 72nd St. The buildings are modern, and even have modern chandeliers.
wikitravel.org /en/New_York_City   (16229 words)

  
 Sherman Square Subway Station
The most adventuresome of the new breed of developers was Edward Clark, head of the Singer Sewing Machine Company, who after building a row of 27 private homes, invested $1 million in his family hotel at Central Park West and 72nd Street, later known as the Dakota.
This unprecedented development beyond the city limits would only continue with the advent of the new underground train system called the "subway." Just as changes in the neighborhood would determine the future configuration of the subway, the subway itself would dramatically change the future of the neighborhood.
New technologies and materials, such as reinforced concrete, were making structures possible that were until now unimaginable.
rogershepherd.com /WIW/solution2/72nd.html   (1605 words)

  
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It was also he who decided that the subway be built within 15 to 20 feet of the surface, bypassing Manhattan's hard schist which would have been very difficult to tunnel through.
To improve the air in the tunnels 14 ventilation structures were spaced between 59th street and Brooklyn Bridge.
Shiny worn rails are periodically replaced by new rusty rails Straight lines (tangents) can last a very long time, but curved rails need sometimes to be replaced as quickly as every 12 to 13 months, others last 17 and 18 months.
xellex.freehomepage.com /Subway/page6.html   (1362 words)

  
 Boston.com / Travel / New York Tours
NEW YORK -- For a landlubber like me, whose ideal boating excursion must include the illusion that it would be possible to swim to land in an emergency, the New York Water Taxi was tempting.
We sped past airshafts for the Holland Tunnel at Canal Street and stumps of decaying piers.
We sped past the Colgate Clock (the world's largest, and a remnant of the former factory), a train station in New Jersey designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, Battery Park (where there is a Holocaust Memorial), Governors Island (formerly a dairy farm), and the Brooklyn Army Terminal (where Elvis Presley left for Germany).
www.boston.com /travel/articles/2004/10/10/new_york_tours?pg=2   (561 words)

  
 B & B Lodges bed and breakfast - New York, New York. New York Bed and Breakfast Inns.
We are withing walking distance of 86th street and 59th street.
Also, the subway is one block away that takes you to Central Manhattan in approx.
Subway: We are located on the number 6 subway line.
www.bedandbreakfast.com /new-york/1291-sleep.html   (821 words)

  
 A Feud Closes A Subway Exit At 59th and Lex - November 15, 2005 - The New York Sun   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
A feud between New York City Transit and Vornado Realty Trust will keep an entrance to one of the city's busiest subway stations - on the southeast corner of 59th Street and Lexington Avenue across from Bloomingdale's - closed this holiday season and for the foreseeable future.
Meanwhile, the subway entrance is closed, though it is the only entrance to the southern end of a station that serves parts of the city's busiest subway line: the uptown 4, 5, and 6, as well as the N, R, and W lines.
But officials at New York City Transit have kept the roll gate the size of a garage door shuttered and locked since the station entrance was completed in February, forcing all of the riders who use the uptown station to exit and enter one block north on the corner of 60th Street and Lexington Avenue.
www.nysun.com /article/23022   (528 words)

  
 New York City Subway System
The New York City Transit System is divided into two divisions: "A" and "B", with the "B" division having subdivisions "B1" and "B2".
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority and MTA New York City Transit have begun the final planning and environmental analysis for a full-length Second Avenue Subway, from 125th Street to the Financial District in Lower Manhattan.
New York City's Transit Museum held a panel discussion on the merits of various types of subway maps.
www.lakemirabel.com /Railroad/Subway.html   (2189 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Two arrested in alleged NYC subway bomb plot   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. citizen and a Pakistani national were arrested in an alleged plot to bomb a subway station in midtown Manhattan and possibly other locations around the city, police said Saturday.
New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly speaks at a news conference outside Madison Square Garden in Saturday.
The men had been under police surveillance and had discussed placing explosives at the Herald Square subway station and other stations at 42nd and 59th streets, Kelly said.
www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2004-08-28-subway-plot_x.htm   (553 words)

  
 New York Asian Film Festival 2005
Subway Cinema is a film programming collective, based in New York City, that is committed to increasing exposure and appreciation for popular Asian cinema, which has been traditionally overlooked by mainstream American critics and distributors.
This is our fourth New York Asian Film Festival, and while we don’t have millions of dollars from corporate sponsors, we do have the best Asian movies in the world, for 13 days only.
The ImaginAsian (www.theimaginasian.com) is New York City’s premier Asian American theater, dedicated to showcasing the exciting world of Asian and Asian American cinema and culture.
www.iatv.tv /subway.php   (759 words)

  
 About New York City!
The flat $1.50 subway fare is payable with tokens or with the convenient Metro Card, which is a pre-paid discounted fare card ranging from $43 to $80.
For $1.50 (approximately), The A-Train takes travelers from subway stations along 8th Avenue and 34th, 42nd,, 50th and 59th Streets to the Howard Beach Station, where a free shuttle bus to JFK terminals is provided.
New York Airport Service also operates a minibus shuttle service from JFK airport to and from several locations in Manhattan.
www.hotelkingdom.com /abouttransport.htm   (2015 words)

  
 Gothamist: Subway News
There are 8.3 miles of underwater tunnels in the subway system (here's the fun graphic), which represent 1.15% of the subway's system.
Yes, those subway map bookmarks that people are handing out are from the Journey Church ("'casual, contemporary, Christian church' for New Yorkers").
Sorry, it is a tunnel: The 60th Street Tunnel.
www.gothamist.com /archives/2005/07/20/subway_news.php   (698 words)

  
 New York State Parks :: Newsroom
A highlight of the properties recommended for listing on the State and National Registers of Historic Places are the historic resources of the New York Subway system that includes 19 separate subway stations in New York, Kings, Bronx and Queens counties.
The New York State Board for Historic Preservation is an independent panel of experts appointed by the Governor.
The Commissioner may list properties on the New York State Register of Historic Places and nominate them to the National Register of Historic Places where they are reviewed and, once approved, entered on the National Register by the Keeper of the National Register in Washington, DC.
nysparks.state.ny.us /news/press/view.asp?pressID=363   (672 words)

  
 AVON- Women- New York Directions
The Avon Running -- New York Mini Marathon starts at 61st Street and Central Park West in Manhattan.
Take the A, B, C, D, #1 or #9 subway train to 59th Street, Columbus Circle.
If you already have your bib (race number), enter Central Park at Columbus Circle and follow signs to the Avon Running -- New York Mini Marathon Staging Area.
www.coolrunning.com /ar/newyork98/direct.html   (96 words)

  
 Street Locator for New York City
This street locator is based on an algorithm which will ESTIMATE cross streets for any address on a numbered street in Manhattan.
It does not work for downtown streets which are not numbered.
There is a freeware PalmPilot program, X-Man, which is a Manhattan street address locator similar to the one above.
www.ny.com /locator   (69 words)

  
 Le Bar Bat - New York Nightclub - www.justsalsa.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Le Bar Bat - New York Nightclub - www.justsalsa.com
311 West 57 Street, New York, NY 10019-3101
Subway Station: 59th Street Station on A, C, B, D and 1, 2, 3, and 9 lines.
www.justsalsa.com /newyork/clubs/lebarbat   (95 words)

  
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Take 1 train to 59th Street Columbus Circle
Switch to F train for two stops or Delancey Street
Giselle Sportswear Inc. - 143 Orchard Street - New York, NY 10002 - 212-673-1900
www.giselleny.com /subway.asp   (77 words)

  
 Artwork: Subway Art Guide
207th Street, 215th Street, 225th Street, 231st Street
102nd-104th Streets, Cypress Hills, Woodhaven Boulevard, 75th Street/Elderts Lane, 111th Street
Un Sabado en la Ciento Diez (A Saturday on 110th Street)
www.nycsubway.org /perl/artwork   (94 words)

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