MuseumCast: The New York Transit Museum Podcast Series

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Date Title & Description Contributors
2010-06-16

  86th Street IRT Dual Contract Station

  New York Transit Museum and LearningTimes author
2010-06-03

  emtpy

  New York Transit Museum and LearningTimes author
2010-05-19

  Dyckman Street IRT Station

Despite its name, the subway is not completely below ground. Station entries and exits, control houses containing fare collection equipment, and electric power facilities sit aboveground. And in instances where engineering and cost considerations mak... 		  New York Transit Museum and LearningTimes author
2010-01-05

  110th Street-Cathedral Parkway IRT Station

The 110th StreetCathedral Parkway IRT subway station is a lovely example of the classic treatment architects Heins amp LaFarge gave to every original subway station. 110th Street is not a large station. It is a threetrack side platform station that s... 		  New York Transit Museum and LearningTimes author
2010-01-05

  Times Square-42 Street - Art by Toby Buonagurio

When you think of Times Square, what first comes to mind Rowdy New Years Eve celebrations Street vendors selling hot dogs and pretzels Magic tricks and threecard monte Billboards and neon lights that brighten the night sky The list goes on and on. ... 		  New York Transit Museum and LearningTimes author
2010-01-05

  Times Square-42 Street - Art by Roy Lichtenstein

Located at the very heart of the city, deep below Times Square at 42nd Street is Lichtensteins last public work, Times Square Mural, installed in 2002 after a long, but successful collaboration. Lichtenstein was originally invited to design a work of a... 		  New York Transit Museum and LearningTimes author
2010-01-05

  Prospect Avenue IRT Station

The original 1904 subway was, like most things in New York, Manhattancentric, but it did in fact reach into the Bronx. The Prospect Avenue station opened in November 1904, a month after the official subway opening. It was one of twelve elevated stati... 		  New York Transit Museum and LearningTimes author
2010-01-05

  181st Street IRT Station

Lodged into Manhattan bedrock 121 feet below ground, the 181st Street IRT station in Manhattan is the subways deepest. It is also one of the oldest. 181st Street opened as part of the original subway system. Most of these stations opened in 1904, bu... 		  New York Transit Museum and LearningTimes author
2010-01-05

  168th Street IRT Station

The New York City subway was a marvel of 20th century engineering. Engineers and workers faced a variety of challenges as they planned and tunneled through Manhattans varied geology. The greatest of these challenges occurred in the construction of th... 		  New York Transit Museum and LearningTimes author
2010-01-05

  145th Street IRT Station

The subway opened to great fanfare in 1904 with its slogan promising New Yorkers could travel from City Hall to Harlem in fifteen minutes While this might have been a slight exaggeration, there is no doubt that the subway had a great impact on Harlem.... 		  New York Transit Museum and LearningTimes author