newyorksubway

Is this Chicago?

No, New York, though this elevated railway is long gone (demolished 1940).
Taken from same spot:

This picture shows the 1915 conversion of the center express tracks at the 14th Street Station to a "hump express" configuration, whereby express trains arrived at the station on a higher track than locals. It is taken from the east side of 9th Ave., looking northwest toward 14th St. This photo from the 30's shows the finished station from the opposite side of 9th avenue, looking northwest: picasaweb.google.com/116363262722377355677/NYC9thAveEl?no... And this aerial photo from the 30's shows that the tracks were eventually enclosed and roofed over at 14th St. picasaweb.google.com/116363262722377355677/NYC9thAveEl?no...

Thank you, Artolog! The elevated trains are sometimes called by "L" in Chicagoland, which I don't actually know very well, just slightly better than New York.

Really cool history!

forgotten-ny.com/2001/05/reliquaries-of-the-rails-more-su... shows a ticket booth of this style preserved at the Wall Street station.

Thanks swanq for the photo of the vintage ticket booth!

See:

The Broadway subway line opened in January 1918. This might have been related to that. See www.nycsubway.org/wiki/Opening_of_the_Broadway_Subway_%28... Also in 1918, James Blaine Walker published "Fifty Years of Rapid Transit." www.nycsubway.org/wiki/Fifty_Years_of_Rapid_Transit_%2819...

Thanks swanq. Possibly this ticket booth was part of the Broadway subway line. I like the window with the curtains and flowers! We will add more to the description when we update.

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