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benson, you’re like jenny on the block (green line)
I’ve always called it the Lex too.
I’ve spent my life on the Lex, it seems. I went to HS on the UES, so I use to take it then. Now I go to Grand Central every day, so I’m on it. Always crowded.
“the gram hotel version is more paris hilton lindsey lohan. the twc version is more clooney. i’m more of a clooney girl :)”
I’d prolly do Clooney before Lohan or Paris.
The Compass Rose in The St Francis on Union Square in SF is a great bar.
“But as young and semi-wild kids my friends and I would sneak rides on the platforms between the cars that Benson mentions. A stupid and irresponsible thing to do for sure.”
ENY, you and your friends was some wussies. You should have come uptown and hung with me and my friends. We used to ride on the _outside_. On the back. Yeah, they had the handles to do it. Sometimes four of us on the back at one time. It was great fun, especially on the outside trains, like the #1 uptown stops, and then again btw 137th and 116th Streets. Then you could yell down at the passersby or even throw something down at them.
We had an initiation ritual. To be accepted, you had to do the following without getting busted. We would gather at the last stop on the #1, 242nd Street. As you probably know it is crawling with conductors and what not. The ‘newbie’ would hop the back of the train out of the station. The rest of us would set up a hue and cry and point out to all the MTA personnel that there was a kid hanging off the train.
The newbie would have to make it to the next station, hop off, and get out without getting busted. Of course there was a kid _on_ the train to make sure of the results.
This skill helped us miss as few trains as possible. If we just missed a train as is was pulling out, and we were near the back, just hop on. Also a great way to spread out during rush hour.
Yeah, I remember the straw seats and fans, chiefly on the ‘A’ train. I think when I was real little you were still allowed to smoke on them.
The 181st Street station always was known as the deepest. Maybe the 63rd has beat it, not sure.
“Long time residents of Yorkville, & the Upper East Side rarely say they are catching the 4,5, 6 , but call it “The Lex”.”
Crescent Hill, benson – I guess I’ve lived in the City long enough that I also call it the Lex. And I concur with you both on the whole eating an elaborate meal on the subway thing – a bag of pretzels, ok, but some of the things I’ve seen people eat are just not meant for a crowded, fast moving train.
the gram hotel version is more paris hilton lindsey lohan. the twc version is more clooney. i’m more of a clooney girl 🙂
The Rose Bar at the Gramercy Hotel is more fabulous though 😛
if you’re inviting fancy rich people, than rose bar at the time warner center is fab.u.lous.