Back in 1953—58 years ago today—the subway token was first introduced, and there was a fare hike, from 10 to 15 cents! 50 years later the token died, and the NY Times even gave it an obituary—noting the "causes of death were technology and economics." (Last year they were briefly revived by an unlikely source: the band Phish.)
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The Subway Token Was Introduced 58 Years Ago Today!
Flashback: Blackouts of the Past
As noted in our newsletter today, 32 years ago tonight, at 8:37 p.m., the blackout of 1977 began. On its 30th anniversary, we did a full recap of the night. The evening has been well-documented elsewhere as well—here are some more images—but the LIFE database actually has plenty photographs from other blackouts in the city's past (1942, 1959, 1965 and 2003). In 2003 the NY Times looked at how the '65 and '77 ones shaped our history. While the former showed people coming together, proving "reassuring and exhilarating," they sum up the latter with a quote a priest named Gabriel Santacruz from St. Barbara's Church in Bushwick. He said the Sunday after the '77 blackout: "We are without God now."
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