{"id":8924,"date":"2015-06-14T12:32:06","date_gmt":"2015-06-14T17:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/?p=8924"},"modified":"2015-06-14T12:32:06","modified_gmt":"2015-06-14T17:32:06","slug":"nyc-subway-rector-street-and-greenwich-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/14\/nyc-subway-rector-street-and-greenwich-street\/","title":{"rendered":"nyc subway | rector street and greenwich street"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Here is yet more of the original IRT tile work, this time in pinkish hues.  I particularly like that while the entire line was thematically consistent with the tiling, each station had its own color scheme.  As with the other stations on the way downtown, the mosaics here are principally identificational and directional. We\u2019re also now in the part of Manhattan without numbers. That being said, i can\u2019t emphasize how nice it is when your train pulls into a station and there is clearly visible signage letting you know where you are.  You\u2019d be surprised at the number of stations on other lines where you have to pretty much guess.<\/p>\n<p>This station was closed and renovated for approximately a year following the attacks of September 11, 2001, because the nearby tunnels collapsed and the line was shut during that period.  <\/p>\n<p>Station opened: July 1, 1918 (Renovated 2002)<br \/>\nOriginal system: IRT<br \/>\nTrains: 1<br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rector_Street_(IRT_Broadway_\u2013_Seventh_Avenue_Line)\">Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_8690-930x623.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2015.06.14.rector]\" title=\"nyc subway | rector street and greenwich street | identification mosaic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_8690t.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_8691-930x623.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2015.06.14.rector]\" title=\"nyc subway | rector street and greenwich street | mosaic button\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_8691t.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_8692-930x623.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2015.06.14.rector]\" title=\"nyc subway | rector street and greenwich street | mosaic closeup\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_8692t.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_8694-623x930.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2015.06.14.rector]\" title=\"nyc subway | rector street and greenwich street | to rector street\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_8694t.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_8695-930x623.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2015.06.14.rector]\" title=\"nyc subway | rector street and greenwich street | conductor signage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_8695t.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_8696-623x930.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2015.06.14.rector]\" title=\"nyc subway | rector street and greenwich street | to morris street\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_8696t.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_8697-623x930.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2015.06.14.rector]\" title=\"nyc subway | rector street and greenwich street | platform\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_8697t.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is yet more of the original IRT tile work, this time in pinkish hues. I particularly like that while the entire line was thematically consistent with the tiling, each station had its own color scheme. As with the other stations on the way downtown, the mosaics here are principally identificational and directional. We\u2019re also [&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-8924","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-2jW","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8924","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=8924"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8941,"href":"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8924\/revisions\/8941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}