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- What would happen if the motorman forgot and stopped at Court Square? (Non-riders FYI: the station is under renovation until sometime in April.)
- Can you actually "bypass" a station when there is only one track? (Or is this just a fancy way of saying "slow down but don't stop"?)
- Is this font a variation of the famous MTA Helvetica?
- Spell out "square." What is true about each of these three words? (*Answer below.)
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| Fearful symmetry |
Coming back from Manhattan, I had time to admire the windows on the lower platform. Why only on the south side, I wondered? Perhaps this explains why, in a normal winter, Queensboro Plaza is so much colder than anywhere else. Are these the questions I will go to my grave with? Cheers, there's my wagon.
(*Answer: They can all function as verbs or nouns. This means you can make a variety of more or less meaningless sentences from them: "Court Bypass Square," "Square Bypass Court," etc. Try it yourself when you're stuck at QP!)
"What would happen if the motorman forgot and stopped at Court Square?"
ReplyDeleteProbably the conductor would keep the doors closed and get on the PA to ask why they stopped. Then the motorman would realize his mistake by saying, "Uh, signal problems! Yeah, that's it." And then continue on. (So THAT would explain all the alleged track problems...)
"Spell out 'square.'"
How about going back to calling it Court HOUSE Square, since the court house is still there? I still haven't a clue why they shortened the name. Too many syllables?
Possible reasons for the asymmetrical windows... At one time (1917 - 1964) QB Plaza station was twice the size. Trains also went OVER the QB bridge, and the station had four tracks per level and two levels. When the station was torn down, the entire northern half was removed, and the counterpart to the currnet widows were removed with it.
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