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2. New York City Subway tiles - Wikipedia

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   Many New York City Subway stations are decorated with colorful ceramic plaques and tile mosaics. Of these, many take the form of signs, identifying the station's location. Much of this ceramic work was in place when the subway system originally opened on October 27, 1904. Newer work continues to be installed each year, much of it cheerful and ...

3. 145th Street station (IND lines) - Wikipedia

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   The trim line was part of a color-coded tile system used throughout the IND. [24] The tile colors were designed to facilitate navigation for travelers going away from Lower Manhattan. As such, a different tile color is used at 168th Street and Tremont Avenue, the next express stations to the north on the Eighth Avenue and Concourse lines ...

4. Wall Street station (IRT Lexington Avenue Line) - Wikipedia

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   The spire of the church rested upon a shallow masonry foundation built upon a deep layer of fine sand. The spire's foundation was 9 feet (2.7 m) behind the subway tunnel's exterior wall, and the bottom of the spire foundation was 9 feet (2.7 m) below street level, much shallower than the subway's 24-foot-deep (7.3 m) foundation.

5. Central Park North–110th Street station - Wikipedia

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   It was anticipated that these improvements would increase capacity by 25 percent. [12]: 15 The platform at the 110th Street–Central Park North station was extended 145 feet (44 m) to the north. [12]: 111 On January 23, 1911, ten-car express trains began running on the East Side Line. [11]: 168 [13]

6. 72nd Street station (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)

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   The Rapid Transit Construction Company, organized by John B. McDonald and funded by August Belmont Jr., signed the initial Contract 1 with the Rapid Transit Commission in February 1900, [9] under which it would construct the subway and maintain a 50-year operating lease from the opening of the line.

7. Why did no one help her? Fatal subway burning exposes New ...

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   According to City Journal, this incident is the 11th subway murder this year — the worst of this century. Simon Martial was the deranged man who pushed Michelle Go in front of the train, killing ...