I'm doing my civic duty over the next week or so and serving on a jury for a trial in Brooklyn. As usual I took my camera on the train but boy was it a hassle when I got to the court. I think I'm going to have to leave it home tomorrow. It's been fun though looking at a new station. A little bonus is that the courthouse I'm at is across the street from the MTA transit museum. If you've never been I highly recommend it. Especially if you're enjoying this website. I think I might stop in tomorrow and see if I can get anyone there to look at the site.
Oh by the way, for the life of me I could not figure out what these signs were getting at. Uptown / downtown?
What was the hassle at the courthouse? Did they not want to let you through security with a camera? BTW: I think the signs are trying to tell people, in a somewhat roundabout way, to stay to the right on the stairs.
They make you check in all camera devices, especially camera phones. It takes a while to get your stuff back at the end of the day. You might be right about the signs. Funny though that I've not scene that at any other station in the system.
You are supposed to keep right when going up or down the stairs.
Yes, the signs are trying to direct traffic. Masybe this isn't done in schools any more, but when I was in school, upstair and downstair directions were strictly enforced, as were the orders to "keep to the right."
...not that anyone pays attention to this kind of common coutesy these days.
All that white shiny tile. How does the grout hold up?
I see there have been explosions in the London subway today. That's enough to give pause to riders, but I honestly imagine that New Yorkers continue to be super-vigiliant about their city. Don't think that farmers are safe...one of the most devastating explosions you can imagine is a silo blast.
Travis, I hope you find your civic duty interesting at least.
haha, what a great set of signs, seems so nannying.
ncie shot! i like the 'this way up'-'this way down' boards .. neat shot! :P
When I was in school, just like Victoria's comments above, you had to stay to the right. It kept traffic moving smoothly. There were signs. Did you hear of "up the down staircase"? It was a book written in the 1970s. Anyway, I was recently a teacher in Middle School and there were no such rules. The kids walked wherever they wanted and it was chaos. Those old rules were not so bad!
I checked your site today to see if you were hasseled due to the bombing. Thanks for the great photos!
:-)
great photos
Now thats what I call a centrist. Neither right wing nor left wing.
FYI:
The signs are for people. You're supposed to stay to the right side on the stairs in every subway station. Most people tend to be rude, obnoxious jerks, and just walk right up the middle on narrow staircases meaning people can't get by them.
These signs are probably just gentle reminders ;-)