{"id":8587,"date":"2015-05-24T14:46:24","date_gmt":"2015-05-24T19:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/?p=8587"},"modified":"2015-06-14T12:51:03","modified_gmt":"2015-06-14T17:51:03","slug":"nyc-subway-west-66th-and-broadway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/24\/nyc-subway-west-66th-and-broadway\/","title":{"rendered":"nyc subway | west 66th and broadway"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>The West 66th Street subway station is a bit of an odd duck.  It\u2019s somewhat unnecessary, being so close to both Columbus Circle and West 72nd Street, but it is clearly seen as a priority because of its proximity to Lincoln Center.  <a href=\"http:\/\/forgotten-ny.com\/2006\/01\/the-original-28-part-2-a-look-at-the-artwork-from-the-nycs-first-28-stations-opened-october-27-1904\/\">Forgotten NY<\/a> has a good rundown of the renovations in this station as part of it\u2019s \u201cOriginal 28\u201d series &#8211; a look at the original 28 stations on the IRT line, of which this (and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/23\/nyc-subway-west-72nd-and-broadway\/\">72nd Street Station<\/a> posted yesterday are both a part.  <\/p>\n<p>According to FNY, almost nothing in this station is original, but this is perhaps the best restored station of the original 28.  I would hazard a guess that this is also due to the Lincoln Center crowd.  The mosaics here show dancers, opera singers, and other theater related scenes.  All photos here are from the southbound platform.  There\u2019s another, entirely different set of mosaics on the northbound platform (trains were not stopping on the northbound platform this weekend due to construction).  <\/p>\n<p>Station opened: October 27, 1904 (renovated, including mosaics, in 2004)<br \/>\nOriginal system: IRT<br \/>\nTrains: 1<br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/66th_Street_\u2013_Lincoln_Center_(IRT_Broadway_\u2013_Seventh_Avenue_Line)\">Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC_8472-930x620.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2015.05.24.66th]\" title=\"nyc subway | west 66th and broadway (1) | classic signage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/tDSC_8472.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC_8475-620x930.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2015.05.24.66th]\" title=\"nyc subway | west 66th and broadway (1) | classic signage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/tDSC_8475.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC_8477-930x620.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2015.05.24.66th]\" title=\"nyc subway | west 66th and broadway (1) | opera mosaics\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/tDSC_8477.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC_8478-930x620.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2015.05.24.66th]\" title=\"nyc subway | west 66th and broadway (1) | opera mosaics\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/tDSC_8478.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a 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title=\"nyc subway | west 66th and broadway (1) | opera mosaics\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/tDSC_8485.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC_8487-930x620.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2015.05.24.66th]\" title=\"nyc subway | west 66th and broadway (1) | modern touches\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/tDSC_8487.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC_8488-930x623.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2015.05.24.66th]\" title=\"nyc subway | west 66th and broadway (1) | opera\/ballet mosaics\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/tDSC_8488.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC_8489-930x623.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2015.05.24.66th]\" title=\"nyc subway | west 66th and broadway (1) | newsstand\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/tDSC_8489.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC_8490-930x620.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2015.05.24.66th]\" title=\"nyc subway | west 66th and broadway (1) | opera mosaics\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/tDSC_8490.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC_8491-930x620.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2015.05.24.66th]\" title=\"nyc subway | west 66th and broadway (1) | opera\/ballet mosaics\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/tDSC_8491.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC_8493-930x623.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2015.05.24.66th]\" title=\"nyc subway | west 66th and broadway (1) | waiting for the train\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/tDSC_8493.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC_8494-623x930.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2015.05.24.66th]\" title=\"nyc subway | west 66th and broadway (1) | view down the platform\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/tDSC_8494.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC_8496-930x623.jpg\" 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It\u2019s somewhat unnecessary, being so close to both Columbus Circle and West 72nd Street, but it is clearly seen as a priority because of its proximity to Lincoln Center. Forgotten NY has a good rundown of the renovations in this station as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[107,14,10,103],"class_list":["post-8587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-1-line","tag-new-york-city","tag-photos","tag-subway"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6ZBi-2ev","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8587"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8954,"href":"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8587\/revisions\/8954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}