THE EAGLES
HAVE returned. And unlike at Brooklyn Bridge and at 14 Street,
they are not sealed behind walls installed during some "renovation."
Much of the original decor of this station has been preserved; there
is even an Interborough Rapid Transit sign on one of the columns
between the tracks warning passengers not to cross the tracks. The
center express tracks are lower than the local tracks at 33 Street
because of the tunnel under Park Avenue that is now used for
automobiles, and which was used for streetcars back in 1904. The
Murray Hill subway tunnel begins right at the uptown end of the
station. |