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Every time I go, I think the entire city feels like the inside of an auto repair shop. Thick layers of car exhaust over everything.
by larrik 6y ago
Every time I go, I think the entire city feels like the inside of an auto repair shop. Thick layers of car exhaust over everything.
- cyberlurker 6y agoThank Robert Moses. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Moses https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Moses “ But start looking at the decline of, and disinvestment in, New York’s rail lines—from the subway to commuter rails like the Long Island Rail Road—and you’ll find that those problems go back much, much further. And, perhaps unsurprisingly, they seem to lead to one man in particular: Robert Moses.” https://ny.curbed.com/2017/7/27/15985648/nyc-subway-robert-moses-power-broker https://ny.curbed.com/2017/7/27/15985648/nyc-subway-robert-m...
- larrik 6y agoThe subways have even more of the "auto shop" effect!
- cyberlurker 6y agoGrimy walls aren’t even close to the top of the to-do list. The subway stop where Michael Jackson filmed part of the music video for “Bad”,Hoyt–Schermerhorn, had a piece of the ceiling hanging off and almost touching the tracks last time I was there. I love NYC and the subway but the maintenance absolutely depresses me.
- ericlewis 6y agogrand central's roof used to be absolutely disgusting, if you look close- they left one tiny bit where it stayed uncleaned. https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/grand-central-ceiling-dark-patch https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/grand-central-ceiling-da...
- lqet 6y agoHere is a picture of how it looked before the cleaning: https://untappedcities.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Grand-Central-Terminal-During-Restoration-Main-Terminal-2.jpg https://untappedcities.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Grand-...