The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-17
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by q low attic, niaihe tho general elevation
n sixty feet IN appearance II IL q wida
departure from tho conventional railway
station. Ono misses Tho turrets and towers
and, morn than all, tho lofty arched train
shad.
Tbs exterior construction IL 10 be u plnh
Milford granite, similar 10 tho building
stone of tho Boston Public Library, the
University Club in New York. the Court
HOUSE In Pittsburs and the Chamber Of
Commerce In Cincinnati.
The main entnnor Ia fixed In the ceutre
of the structure ON seventh avenue. oppo-
site Thirty-second street. This Ia for foot
passengers only. From tho street entrance
60 ths stairway 10 tho main waiting room
there extends an arcade 77s feet long and
Is feet wide, fanked by shops. On either
slde OF the Seventh avenue entrance there
10 aleo a series OF stores. At the further
end Of the arcade are the restaurant. lunch
rooms and the cafe. Beyond " the general
waiting room and the concourse, all easy OF
access by convenient stairways.
At the corners Of T~hirty-Arst and Thirty
third streets and Seventh avenue arc open
pavilions, which furnish carriage entrances
for incoming and outgoing traffic. Car
riages descend under cover from the street
level 10 the floor Of the station proper, the
Thirty-first street incline being assigned
as an entrance n the Thirty-third street
ascent as an exit. There are other entrances
from both the streets and avenues. At a
central point in both streets wide bridges
leading Into the street floor of the station
span the carriage subway.
The general waiting room, which is 800
feet long, ITO feet wide and $50 feet high, is
A-N NHA i~NaRpaA1taNn lawrAl n-I - tHn anz.-,
section of the plan. Here are to be the ticket
offices, parcel rooms, telegraph n tele-
phone offices n baggage checking win
dows. Adjoining the general waiting room
on the west are two subsidiary waiting
rooms. So by 100 feet, for men and women
respectively.
To the east Of the general waiting room
is the main baggage room, occupying all
the space under the arcade and restaurants
The baggage is delivered and taken away
through. a special, subway and Is sent &c
the train floor by elevators. The cat
stands are also on this level.
Parallel to and connecting with the main
waiting. room by a wide ~passageway be-
tween the subsidiary waiting rooms is the
concourse, a covered assembling place
owe 100 feet wide, extending the entire
width Of the station and under the ad,
joining streets. Two sets Of stairs desceno
from It to each Of the train platforms on
the track level. The concourse and adj
jaoent areas are open to the tracks, form
Ing q courtyard $40 feet wide by 210 feet
broad, rooted by a lofty train shed Of iron
and glass. In addition TO the entrances
to the concotrse from the waiting room
there are also direct approaches from
Thirty-frst and Thirty-third streets and
Eighth avenue,
Auxiliary to the main concourse al
located between 1t and the tracks Is a sub
concourse, 90 feet wide, which will be used
for exit purposes only. This p~assageway
is IS feet above the tracks, but Is conn ected
with the track level by two stairways and
M elevator from each platform. From it
ample staircases and inclines lead directly
to Thirty-frst, Thirty-third and Thirty
fourth streets, TO Eighth avenue and TO
future rapid transit stations under Seventh
or Eighth avenue.
The northern sid Of the station, extends
ing along Thirty-third street, will he as
signed to the suburban service Of the Long
from all points on Long Island by way Of
the East River tunnels. Ample entrances
and exits are provided on Seventh and
Eighth avenues and Thirty-third street, SO
that this traffic can be handled III con-
nection with the adjacent subways and
the surface lines on the surrounding streets
independently Of the rest Of the station.
On the train floor are tw~enty-one tracks.
When the two tracks emerge from tn e
tubes under the Hudson and reach the
0uliclCo " VIC .5IdIlOll yhI0S dJ l6uln
avenue they begin to multiply, and at
Ninth avenue, and extending into the
station. the number has grown TO twenty
one. There ~ a reduction In the number
OF tracks leading out Of the station to the
east, to o total Of four for the main lire,
two passing under Thirty-second and two
under .Thirty-third street, and thence
under the East River to the Long Island
City yards. Within the station area, cover
ing twenty-five acres Of ground space,
there are sixteen miles of tracks. Through
trains from the western side OF the Hudson
after discharging passen gers, will proceed
at onoe to Long Island City, where the
train yards m terminals will be located,
thus leaving the station tracks clear Of any
idle equipment, and likewise the westbound
through trains made up at the Long Island
City terminal will pass through the station
stopping only g to lake up their quota Of
Long Island Railroad will be operated on
the Shuttle plan, by which the trains
are kept in continuous motion In and out
~ tha station