![]() ![]() Hood is the author of 722 Miles: The Building of the Subways and How they Transformed New Yorkand 2016s acclaimed In Pursuit of Privilege: A History of New York Citys Upper Class and the Making of a Metropolis. Hoodwill offer a talk on the Subway history at The Company, 335 Madison Ave., on Thursday, May 16 at 6 p.m. They could have made it utilitarian and pedestrian but they didnt. This station in particular was built to be magnificent. Hood a nationally recognized expert on the history of New York City, with a particular focus on the citys upper-class, historical memory and mass transit describes in the article his first visit to the City Hall station in the summer of 1978 as a graduate student researching the subway system. And almost no one knows about it and very few people have seen it firsthand. ![]() Theres this jewel of a station below City Hall right in the heart of Manhattan, Hood told the Times. The article, Failing New York Subway? Not Always Once There Were Chandeliers, highlights the chandeliers, ornamental skylights and soaring archways with zigzagging patterns of terra-cotta tiles found in the station, which opened in 1904 and has been closed since 1945. Paulsen 49 Professor of American History and Government,discusses the jewel that was New York Citys City Hall subway station. In a New York Times article this month, Clifton Hood, the George E. New York Times Features Hoods Subway Research ![]()
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