City Hall Station, New York City, NY
The City Hall Station in NYC is unlike any subway station you have ever been to before. The station was the first subway station in NYC, opening in 1904 and closing in 1945. It’s beautiful from top to bottom, with lavished fine architectural details, including glass tiles and giant chandeliers. Today, the station is abandoned but open for tours if you are a museum member.
While it would seem only locals can be members, for tourists, it’s only $60 to join and get a behind-the-scenes view of a massive transit system. Bonus Tip: It’s also at the Manhattan end of a walk over the Brooklyn Bridge, so it makes for a great add-on to your visit.
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Once on the Victoria Beach, do you walk north or south along the beach to the tower?
OMG my school, the Fashion Institute of Technology took us here as field trip, I guess. I graduated in 1979. It was an art history course.
Interesting tidbits of information about each of these “finds” for those who travel around our country !
Huell Howser of Calgold once did a whole segment on this. Fascinating!
Discovered this place with a friend and Tourguide colleague, while touring downtown LA. I bought several books then.
During covid, they found a way to remain in business, by going online, which made me feel better, because I love the building and the store. Right across is an old building dating from the beginning of the Cinema, where stars like Charles Chaplin used to stay and they now have a French Restaurant, which I hope remained in business during covid. Too many Los Angelinos, don’t even know that part of Los Angeles where the Movie Industry really took off after escaping the Monopoly of Thomas Edison, with the silent version of the Count of Monte Christo.
An Iconic monument to visit.
I lived in Wilmette in 1966.
Chet Zaneski