Photos, Video: Ecstatic 7 Train Riders Test Out The New 34th St-Hudson Yards Station
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The eager crowd<br/>
Waiting for a new station<br/>
Running of the railfans!<br/>
The public gets its first glimpse of the 34th Street-Hudson Yards station<br/>
MTA Chairman Prendergast in front of the 469th subway station<br/>
The scene during the press portion<br/>
Hudson Blvd East is a thing<br/>
Cookies for the occasion<br/>
The new map<br/>
Appropriate headgear<br/>
This platform is lonely<br/>
Calm before the storm<br/>
MTA Chairman Thomas Prendergast<br/>
Dr. Michael Horodniceanu, president of MTA Capital Construction<br/>
Mayor Bill de Blasio<br/>
From left: Senator Chuck Schumer, City Councilmember Ydanis Rodriguez, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Rep. Jerry Nadler, City Councilmember Corey Johsnon, Mayor de Blasio, and State Senator Brad Hoylman<br/>
Proud MTA workers look on<br/>
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VIP chatter
Ribbon about to be cut...<br/>
and ribbon cut<br/>
Getting ready for a shot<br>
Senator Schumer got jammed up by the turnstile<br/>
Schumer makes it in!<br/>
The glorious mural by Xenobia Bailey<br/>
Bailey, who lives and works in Harlem, said that she hand-picked all the tiles for this 2788 square foot mosaic<br/>
It's a LOOOOOONG escalator<br/>
It feels like the future<br/>
VIPs took the funicular elevator<br/>