Subway Station's Skeleton
This is how the overpass at the 4th Avenue and 9th Street station is looking these days. Work is being done on the structure as part of the MTA’s Culver Viaduct project. According to the MTA, it’s rehabilitating the station’s “historic arch.” GMAP
This is how the overpass at the 4th Avenue and 9th Street station is looking these days. Work is being done on the structure as part of the MTA’s Culver Viaduct project. According to the MTA, it’s rehabilitating the station’s “historic arch.” GMAP
Minard- but that’s iconic. DOn’t you love how the sunlight hits the rivets in the morning, a thousand little points of light 😉
Removing the billboards is an excellent idea.
you mean there is a better approach than wrapping black roofing paper around each of the beams and tacking them together with silver rivets?
I also live nearby and am looking forward to a big improvement at the station. Here’s an excerpt from the MTA press release on the proposed work:
When the project is completed, customers will benefit from the replacement of platform edges, canopies, drains, lighting, the historic arch over 4th Avenue, including the glass, glass framing system, painting and removal of billboards. The project also includes replacement of the roof, brick masonry and platform windows, the repair and restoration of exterior tower stone and brickwork, repair and painting of the viaduct underside over 4th Avenue, and replacement of lighting beneath the viaduct over 4th Avenue and the sidewalks, which would double the existing illumination. All four entrance globes (4th Avenue and 10th Street), all entrance doors (4th Avenue and 10th Street) and all storefront windows (4th Avenue and 10th Street) will be replaced in preparation for new retail tenants by 2012.
I know they are reopening entrance on the east side of 4th, but I don’t know how much the are going to change the existing west entrance.
Does anyone know if the underpass along 4th Ave. under the station is going to be better lit or otherwise less depressing once the renovations are finished? I live very, very nearby, and am hoping that the area is a little nicer at the end of this.