Comments on: Bleecker Street Station, New York City http://www.ptank.com/blog/2009/11/bleecker-street-station-new-york-city/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bleecker-street-station-new-york-city cats, synthesizers, music, art, opinion Sun, 19 Feb 2012 21:17:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Dave Stewart http://www.ptank.com/blog/2009/11/bleecker-street-station-new-york-city/#comment-33901 Dave Stewart Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:45:42 +0000 http://www.ptank.com/blog/?p=2944#comment-33901 This station is undergoing a major reconstruction and renovation right now, and is scheduled to be completed in November of 2011. That may be why the columns you photographed have been stripped of paint. As part of the reconstruction, workers are building a connection from the B, D, F and V lines, up to the uptown 6. Until now, there was no uptown-side connection and travelers had to exit and reenter the station in order to transfer. Here's an article about the project, including renderings of the completed station: http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/07/16/inside-the-bleeckerbroadway-lafayette-construction/ This station is undergoing a major reconstruction and renovation right now, and is scheduled to be completed in November of 2011. That may be why the columns you photographed have been stripped of paint.
As part of the reconstruction, workers are building a connection from the B, D, F and V lines, up to the uptown 6. Until now, there was no uptown-side connection and travelers had to exit and reenter the station in order to transfer.

Here’s an article about the project, including renderings of the completed station:
http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/07/16/inside-the-bleeckerbroadway-lafayette-construction/

]]> By: Kitty http://www.ptank.com/blog/2009/11/bleecker-street-station-new-york-city/#comment-32094 Kitty Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:10:48 +0000 http://www.ptank.com/blog/?p=2944#comment-32094 Nice shot. Please becareful you don't lose your footing and fall :( Nice shot.
Please becareful you don’t lose your footing and fall :(

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