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dave City Hall Subway Station
Below City Hall, a station sleeps, With Guastavino tiles and secrets it keeps.
dave The station was closed on December 31, 1945, because its curved platform could not accommodate newer, longer subway cars.
dave Spanish architect Rafael Guastavino used a patented tile-arch system to build the station's beautiful curved ceilings without steel support.
City Hall skylights: The station's skylights were blacked out with tar during World War II to protect against potential air raids, hiding their beauty for decades.
A regular stopping place on a public transportation route, especially one on a railway. The ornate lower Manhattan transit stop closed to passengers on New Year's Eve in 1945.
What decorative lighting feature made the City Hall station look more like a ballroom than a subway?
What protective measure during World War II obscured the beauty of the City Hall station's skylights?
How can modern transit riders legally see the inside of the abandoned City Hall station today?
Which active subway station is located just a short walk away from the abandoned City Hall station?