…Move to the first five cars of the train

Last chance, kiddies. According to several sources, this weekend is the last time the Westside IRT (#1 line to you) South Ferry station will be open to the public, as come Monday morning, it will be permanently closed, and trains will finally use the new, straight station. The current station is a time capsule, dating back to 1905, which features a loop platform (like the closed original City Hall station), and a beautiful collection of mosaic signage, with a terracotta sailing ship motif. The new station cost a reported $530 million, and was plagued by problems like leaks (still) and platform gaps (fixed). Come Monday morning, you can see for yourself if it was money well spent.

Let’s just hope we don’t have a repeat of what happened there 104 years ago today.

Next up, the Second avenue subway, planned since 1929…..