Wah! Only one more day until I head back to the "real" world. Good thing I was able to spend yesterday doing some fun things before all work and no play makes the Lady a very dull girl. First up, I convinced the Mister to check out a super secret subway station tour with me. See, we're members of the New York Transit Museum. A few times a year the museum offers select tours to members, and this month's happened to be an insider's tour of the old City Hall subway station. I'd heard rumblings about being able to see the station if you stayed on the Brooklyn-bound 6 train as it made it's way back Manhattan-bound. Apparently you CAN actually get a pretty good (but quick) view of the station by using this method, but it's nothing like seeing the station up close and personal. We were almost late to the tour (hilariously we got held up by subway station traffic), but made it just in the knick of time to join the group. The tour itself was short, sweet, and simple. We got on the 6, stopped at City Hall station to be let off the train by special tour guides, got a quick history lesson, and then were left to take pictures galore. It was clearly one of those times when I both really wished I had a fancy, schmancy camera, and the know-how to use it. Maybe I'll save my pennies for a 6 month work anniversary present. Anyway though, the tour was super cool, and I was pretty geeked about checking out an exclusive scene. As usual, I'll let my images do the talking.
One of the most interesting things about City Hall to me, was that it stopped being used in 1945. 1945! Can you imagine? It's sort of crazy how much has been preserved over the last 65+ years, but also, how much public transportation has
improved in that time as well. Back when this station was in operation, they had paper tickets that agents actually collected as you went through the gates! Much different than our turnstiles and swipe cards of today.
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| This is a skylight in City Hall station's ceiling |
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| Original City Hall station. Check out that wood ticket booth! |
After the subway tour was over, the Mister and I grabbed some pizza (mmm, still can't get enough NY style pizza), and then spent the afternoon just wandering and relaxing until our next engagement. Tickets to see Aziz Ansari at Carnegie Hall! Yes,
that Carnegie hall. Having never been to Carnegie, I was quite excited. Aziz was clearly not an orchestra or live music, and hearing jokes about hippo hand jobs in a place of such importance
was a little strange. I mean, the Beatles played Carnegie hall. The comedy did not disappoint however, and opening act Eugene Mirman was also fantastically funny. He played a
theremin without any training! I haven't laughed that hard in a long time. Also pretty cool about last night? The Mister scored us
really great box seats for the show. Just another reason I'm falling in love with this city of mine more and more each day. Because honestly, where else can you pack so much fun stuff into one day but in NYC?
One of the most interesting things about City Hall to me, was that it stopped being used in 1945. 1945! Can you imagine? It's sort of crazy how much has been preserved over the last 65+ years, but also, how much public transportation has improved in that time as well. Back when this station was in operation, they had paper tickets that agents actually collected as you went through the gates! Much different than our turnstiles and swipe cards of today.
After the subway tour was over, the Mister and I grabbed some pizza (mmm, still can't get enough NY style pizza), and then spent the afternoon just wandering and relaxing until our next engagement. Tickets to see Aziz Ansari at Carnegie Hall! Yes, that Carnegie hall. Having never been to Carnegie, I was quite excited. Aziz was clearly not an orchestra or live music, and hearing jokes about hippo hand jobs in a place of such importance was a little strange. I mean, the Beatles played Carnegie hall. The comedy did not disappoint however, and opening act Eugene Mirman was also fantastically funny. He played a theremin without any training! I haven't laughed that hard in a long time. Also pretty cool about last night? The Mister scored us really great box seats for the show. Just another reason I'm falling in love with this city of mine more and more each day. Because honestly, where else can you pack so much fun stuff into one day but in NYC?
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