This instrument has been installed inside of the 34th Street/Herald Square subway station for quite some time, but have you ever played it? Reach New York: An Urban Musical Instrument was installed on a platform in the station back in 1996, created by architect and composer Christopher Janney. Recently Transportation Nation visited the audio installation—they have an mp3 of what it sounds like, and write:
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Have You Ever Seen This Subway Platform Instrument?
[UPDATED] Video: What Would YOU Do If You Saw This Drunk Guy On The Subway Platform?
[UPDATE BELOW] This YouTube video has it all: a highly intoxicated person, an unsteady documenter, very little information, no closure, and an MGMT soundtrack. The footage was uploaded last night, and we've contacted the uploader to get more details about the scenario. But until we hear back, let's discuss: should the fellow straphangers have made more of a hands-on effort to help this guy out? Or were they all (except for the MTA worker who has a brief interaction with him) too drunk from the big game, too?
Photos: Visiting The Secret Train Platform Beneath The Waldorf-Astoria
Over the weekend we had a chance to visit the long-abandoned Waldorf-Astoria train platform, which allowed VIPs to enter the hotel in a more private manner—most famously it was used by Franklin D. Roosevelt, possibly to hide the fact that he was in a wheelchair suffering from polio. The mysterious track, known as Track 61, still houses the train car and private elevator, which were both large enough for FDR's armor-plated Pierce Arrow car. Legend has it that the car would drive off the train, onto the platform and straight into the elevator, which would lead to the hotel's garage. Trainjotting has some more history regarding the platform, known as Track 61, and notes that the quest for it "has become a holy grail for many urban explorers."
How To Beat The Heat On The Sweltering Subway Platform
Yesterday it was over 90 degrees on the subway platforms (and on some subway cars!), and now we're on the cusp of a 100-degree day. Since the MTA isn't going to help us keep cool, let's find another solution—click through for what to do, and what not to do this summer while you're waiting on the train.
Where The F Is The A/C In The Subway System?!
Sometimes heat waves don't quite deliver that overwhelming yearning to melt to your own death on their own, which is where the MTA steps in. Have you entered a non-air conditioned subway car lately? If not, may we direct you to the C line—where we personally have not run into an air-conditioned car all week (we can only imagine what's happening right now on the Franklin Ave. shuttle). We contacted the MTA this morning to find out if they could flip on the cool down switch, and spokesman Kevin Ortiz told us:
Man Struck By Subway At Union Square Station Platform
DNAinfo has a photograph of blood on the platform and reports, "The man, who was not identified, was knocked unconscious onto the platform, according to an MTA worker at the scene. The worker said the injured man looked like he was in his 20s."
Yep, That's Snow Inside The Subway Stations
Think you can escape the blizzard (and thundersnow!) underground? Think again. A few brave souls have transmitted these photographs from the outside world, via Twitter, showing that the snow is even accumulating inside the subway stations! Tonight Caroline McCarthy wrote that "It snowed INSIDE the Borough Hall subway station" and Dana Wagner reported the same thing at the Bay Ridge Avenue R stop. Pretty sure this means we are officially in Code Day After Tomorrow. If you spot the white stuff while waiting on your train, send us a photo or tag it "Gothamist" on Flickr. In the meantime, we'll be asking the MTA when they plan to shovel and salt the platforms.
Man Killed After Being Crushed By 4 Train At Atlantic Ave
Last night, subway service on the 2, 3, 4 and 5 subway lines was affected due to "police activity." It turns out that a man was killed by an oncoming 4 train after falling from the platform.
Truck Vs. Elevated Train Platform In The Bronx
Truck oops: Notify NYC sent out this message, "A vehicle struck a subway platform at 172nd St. and Southern Blvd. in BX. Disruptions on the 2 and 5 trains." And the MTA's NYC Transit Twitter says, "Crews working to cut trailer apart and away from the El @ 174th St & Southern Blvd (2,5). Hope to restore service soon after." But don't fear, 2 and 5 train riders, there is service...but there are delays: "2 & 5 restored in the Bronx between 149th St-Grand Concourse & E. 180th St. Truck removed, cables repaired. Expect delays."
Video: Man Trapped Between Subway & Platform
This must be one of everyone's worst nightmares: Getting trapped between the subway and platform. Just after midnight on Thursday, a man got his leg caught between the D train and platform at the Grand Street station on the Lower East Side. One onlooker took video of the man while he was trapped.
Video: Subway Platform Pop-up Art Gallery
The latest Improv Everywhere stunt unfolded recently on the 23rd Street E and C line subway platform: a pop-up art gallery with placards attached to everyday items, magically transforming them into priceless works of art. The trash can, for example, was titled Repository and described as a "clearly ironic reinterpretation" that "plays on the tropes of idealism in opposition to expediency." There was also a bar (stocked with non-alcoholic drinks), a cellist, and even a coat rack. Fancy!
Park Slope Group Wants 4th Ave Subway Changes Now
Some Park Slope activists have so little faith in the MTA's promise to renovate the dreary Fourth Avenue and Ninth Street station that they're imploring transit officials to scale back their plans and instead make a few specific improvements immediately. The massive refurbishment was supposed to begin this year and turn the "dank and dark" station into a light-filled hub with clean windows and a new copper roof. But the plans were later scaled back and postponed in the shadow of looming budget shortfalls.
Rats Boldly Swarming Subway Platforms
"People have seen them sitting on benches," says Andrew Albert, an MTA board member and chair of the NYC Transit Riders Council. "From what riders have told us, they appear to be getting bolder." That's the subway rat population he's talking about, which many commuters say is surging, at least according to an amNY article that's teeming with great quotes. "Next thing you know the doors are going to open and one is going to come on the train with us," one exterminator predicts.
F Train Station at 4th Ave to Go From Drab to Fab
The long-neglected F train station at 4th Avenue and 9th Street in Brooklyn will be refurbished starting in the fall, according to amNY. Built in 1933, the Art Deco station is on the National Register of Historic places, and the north end of the platform offers an impressive view of the Statue of Liberty.
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