{"id":856,"date":"2009-08-18T09:55:13","date_gmt":"2009-08-18T13:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railfanwindow.com\/blog\/?p=856"},"modified":"2009-08-18T09:56:21","modified_gmt":"2009-08-18T13:56:21","slug":"181-street-subway-station-collapse-stupid-person-on-street-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.railfanwindow.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/181-street-subway-station-collapse-stupid-person-on-street-comment\/","title":{"rendered":"181 Street Subway Station Collapse – Stupid Person-on-the-Street Comment of the Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today’s Metro newspaper<\/a> features a short(!) article on the subway ceiling collapse at the 181st Street subway station on the (1) line. As usual, the reporter asked some subway rider member of the public to offer an opinion. The genius she chose made this enlightening remark:<\/p>\n

\u201c[The 181st Street Station is] old,\u201d said Luz Contreras, 46. \u201cThe station at 191st looks old, too.<\/strong> I\u2019m worried if something happens here, it could happen at the other one next.\u201d (emphasis added)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Is that so? No, Luz. The station at 191st Street was COMPLETELY REFURBISHED in 2003-2004. And it looks fantastic. Maybe the nice white tiles and walls have gotten dirty since the renovation, but dirty does not equal old!<\/p>\n

Take a look at some photos. In each row, the photo on the left is from before the renovation, and the photo on the right is from after the renovation.<\/p>\n

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Those last two are the most clear example.<\/p>\n

Here are some bonus photos from after the renovation:<\/p>\n

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Now if you want to complain about something, how about complaining about NYCT’s deplorable operational response to this incident? That’s my next blog post \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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