This was a general theme in mid 20th Century passenger railroading, not just a NYC thing. For an occidental example, compare San Francisco's old 3rd & Townsend

This was a general theme in mid 20th Century passenger railroading, not just a NYC thing. For an occidental example, compare San Francisco's old 3rd & Townsend Southern Pacific depot to the modern 4th & King CalTrain station that replaced it: http://www.snowcrest.net/photobob/3rdst1.html http://www.snowcrest.net/photobob/3rdst1.html https://www.google.com/maps/@37.7764516,-122.3948237,0a,73.7y,351.62h,87.06t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1svmt0TZQ3QXTIELzt4VXXDA!2e0?source=apiv3 https://www.google.com/maps/@37.7764516,-122.3948237,0a,73.7... The ugly truth is that railroad travel was too accessible for many people to tolerate and so it was killed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Great_Migration_(African_American) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Great_Migration_(Africa...