Lower Manhattan's City Hall Station offers a fascinating glimpse into a bygone era of the Big Apple.
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Lower Manhattan's City Hall Station offers a fascinating glimpse into a bygone era of the Big Apple.

Dating to 1904 as a part of New York City's original subway line, this defunct station was designed in a Romanesque Revival style, featuring tile-clad vaulted ceilings, chandeliers, stained glass, and skylights. The station's most distinctive feature, though, is its gracefully curving platform — and it's that whimsical touch that ultimately shut down the station. As ridership increased, cars had to be lengthened, and those longer trains required longer platforms to navigate. Now, City Hall Station serves as a time capsule from a more genteel period of Manhattan's transportation history.

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