SH Archive First NY Subway Stations: common denominator?

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We have this list of the very first New York subway stations under “Stations” category.

If we allow for the hypothesis of the reuse of the underground systems of the previous spin of our civilization, as in where they were dug out after some catastrophe... then there would have to be a similar type of access buildings to the pre-existing stations. I mean similar type structures corresponding to the locations of the very first stations in the wiki link. A common denominator of sorts.

• Those could be court houses, prisons, post offices, churches, etc.

Here is a prison building in 1879. We are told that it was used as prison in 1879. What it was prior to 1850s we do not know. Chances are we are being told that it was built in some 1867 or thereabouts.

• I think it could be an ancient subway access to the Worth Street Station. That is how TPTB knew where to dig for the mud-flooded tunnels, they knew the original entrances.
• This here could be a map to use - 1879 NYC Map

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I wanted to offer our forum members to participate in this little research.

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Date: 2019-09-27 19:49:35
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Username: KorbenDallas
Date: 2019-09-28 19:37:23
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about moskou subway use translate

Here is a direct link to the google translated page. It appears to be a super interesting area to research.

 

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Username: difference
Date: 2019-09-28 23:03:42
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Oh, wow.
(Sorry for stretching the post further)
In St. Petersburg, we have at least 4 stations built on the sites of destroyed churches. It’d be interesting to count them all.
A couple of interesting facts:
1. Even though the metro lines are portrayed on maps as if they’re more or less straight, their traces deviate near certain areas (more like a curve) despite the fact that the stations themselves go one after another along the same street (e.g. near this building).
2. Let’s say you want to build a few stations. Given the fact that design phase of every project takes a lot of time and effort, you decide to come up with a standard floor plan for restricted areas. - Seems like a logical thing to do, right? Yet, that’s not the case. Even inside the stations which have almost identical passenger platforms, staff areas are all different (sometimes, it’s even hard to guess where the entrance is.). If we add to that the fact that some staircases and ceiling heights are ridiculously uncomfortable, it makes me think that the so called builders had to work with what they had, not with what they wanted.

 

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Username: KorbenDallas
Date: 2019-10-10 22:40:29
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I’m in the Seattle area, and we have no subway here for me to do some digging.

If you have a subway station built between whenever and 1925-30 nearby, could you please look into it, and see what building was in the same place prior to that subway station?

Thank you.