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Gothamist Twitter on 1/29/24:

"Emergency exit gates at three subway stations will soon take 15 seconds to open, MTA officials announced Monday, as part of an effort to crack down on the "super highway of fare evasion.""

Twitter user notchrisvolpe on 1/29/24:

"If you were in that Brooklyn subway station when the NYPD failed to stop a terrorist attack and then let the mass shooter get away - just know the @MTA wants you to be stuck for 15 seconds when the next emergency happens."

Twitter user notchrisvolpe on 3/19/24:

"Welp, it happened." Followed by link to article in Gothamist by Giulia Heyward and Ramsey Khalifeh on 3/17/24 with title "Fleeing riders forced to exit single file at nearby Brooklyn station after subway shooting, riders say" and accompanied by a photo of an MTA subway exit gate.

https://x.com/notchrisvolpe/status/1769863721059340683

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It's high time that the MTA invested in some new train cars. But then I'd have to get to know a new train, and I'm certain some part of me would mourn the loss of the old, for all its flaws. After years of riding the 7, I've grown familiar with its herky-jerkiness, learning to accept its particular rhythms instead of fighting against them - or running away. And to realize, despite it all, that it has good intentions.

Re Jane, Patricia Park

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Grand Central Terminal - The chandeliers in the Main Concourse

Each of the chandeliers overhead in Vanderbilt Hall weigh 2,500 lbs. and glow with 132 bulbs surrounded by carved oak leaves.

Dropping from Vanderbilt Hall and other parts of Grand Central Terminal like heavenly jewels are spherical chandeliers - each with its light bulbs bare and exposed. There’s a reason for this, and it stretches all the way back to the building’s construction and design at the turn of the last century. The Vanderbilt family, which built this third version of Grand Central at 42nd Street, were “immensely proud of Grand Central’s status as one of the world’s first all-electric buildings,” Their pride greatly influenced the station’s interior designs. When it first opened, every one of the stations chandeliers and lighting fixtures featured bare, exposed light bulbs - more than 4,000 of them.” The chandeliers have changed over time. In 2008, the incandescent glow was replaced by fluorescent bulbs. But they continue to pay homage to the forward-thinking vision of the Vanderbilts and the era of quieter, cleaner, unadorned electricity. Grand Central Terminal (never call it Station!) is a treasure of beautiful interiors. If you’ve ever noticed an acorn and leaf motif, that’s the Vanderbilt family again.

First picture by @Andrew Dallos

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This is the valentine image on the MTA with all the train lines. I thought it was nice. Finally got a up close shot. I guess this is to help us forget all the construction delays.

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