I was taking the train to Westchester County from Grand Central every weekday while that restoration was in progress--the change was dramatic. As I recall, the scaffolding gave them an excuse to put up big ad banners, which I feared would become permanent (don't think they did, though). I was also using the station when they opened the new pedestrian tunnel on the north end of the platforms. Kind of fun to navigate and convenient if you lived in Hell's Kitchen. Also, I was there when they removed the spacious restrooms on the main floor (a favorite place for the homeless to have a sponge bath) and put in small massively overcrowded and now, filthy ones in the basement. So many memories...
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- tom moody 8-23-2005 8:13 pm