Archive for March, 2008
Monday, March 10th, 2008
Zombies on the Tube!
There’s a funny clip of people doing Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” dance routine on the London Underground. The people are obviously pros who trained for this particular routine, but what really makes the clip is their fellow riders, in true English style, keeping a pretty stiff upper lip amidst it all–right down to the polite applause […]
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Friday, March 7th, 2008
Metro-North Prez Out!
Peter Cannito, the longest tenured president in Metro-North history, will retire in July. Cannito came on board, so to speak, in June 1999. His claims to fame include “record-setting on-time performance”, a 60% reduction in employee injuries since 2000, pushing for the new Yankee Stadium station next year, and a 93% customer satisfaction rate.
“I prepare […]
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Thursday, March 6th, 2008
A Straphanger Submerges
When subway blogger Nathan Ashker hit our radar screen six months ago, we were fairly enthralled by his “A Straphanger Emerges” blog. He had lovely pix, a clean design, and ambitious prose that hinted at–well, fairly bellowed–a young writer-type seeing the Big City with fresh eyes and an unjaundiced world view. A far cry from […]
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Thursday, March 6th, 2008
Grand Central Fun Fact of the Day
When the modern Grand Central Terminal that we know and love opened in 1913 (following its grimy precursor, Grand Central Station), the upper level of platforms was for long-distance travelers, and the lower one for suburban commuters.
The upper level was known as the Kissing Gallery for all the smoocherific behavior that accompanied the long-distance farewells […]
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Thursday, March 6th, 2008
Spuyten Duyvil Featured in Metro-North Anniversary Poster
Metro-North is celebrating its anniversary with a poster featuring a rehabbed locomotive rambling up the Hudson, the rehabbed Spuyten Duyvil station–the yearly winner of the Metro-North “Hardest Station to Spell” contest–in the background.
“Nocturne” was created by RISD grad Oren Sherman. “I took the train all the way up the Hudson Line to find the perfect […]
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Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
The Shuttle Flight From Chappaqua To LaGuardia Must Be Delayed Too
Amidst the reportage on yesterday’s building collapse and Metro-North tie-up was this quote in the New York Times.
“First they said service was temporarily discontinued, and then they said about 10 minutes later that service was going to resume on a limited basis,” said Sarah English of Chappaqua, who was on a business trip to Manhattan.
Let […]
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Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
Funny, I Never Noticed That Garbage Dump in the Bronx Before
The news reports this morning said 5-10 minute delays on Metro-North today after yesterday’s building collapse, and those were downgraded to no-delay by the time I left my house.
Apparently my 8:16 train didn’t get the memo, as a normally 48-minute ride turned into an hour-nine minute debacle. All was fine until around Botanical Gardens, when […]
3 Comments » - Posted in Building Collapse by TJ
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
Tenements Falling, Trains Crawling
A building tumbles to the ground on 124th Street. The evening commute comes grinding to a halt for Metro-Northers.
All I can say is, it was a great day to be working from home. (Call it luck of the Irish!)
Let us know your horror stories from yesterday. Were you jammed cheek-by-jowl on the 6:33 to Chappaqua […]
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Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
The Great Building Collapse 2008 Update
The latest from MTA:
Service on the Harlem, Hudson, and New Haven lines has been restored into and out of Grand Central Terminal.
Customers should expect extensive delays (of up to 90 minutes) and crowded conditions on trains as we resume service. Please be sure to listen for announcements in Grand Central Terminal and at outlying stations […]
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Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
Breaking…Literally…Building Collapses, Metro-North Service Suspended
From the MTA:
Hudson , Harlem and New Haven Line train service has been temporarily suspended into and out of Grand Central Terminal because of a building collapse in the vicinity of 124 Street and Park Avenue .
We will continue to update you as the situation changes.