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The original "TRAIN OF MANY COLORS" (1972).......... Wink

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The "subway" FINALLY (in a sense) comes to "upper-crust" 5th Avenue (1963); a Fishbowl can also be glimpsed in the far background.......... Wink

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History repeating itself...........

In 1939, the INTERBOROUGH was the oNLY one of the New York subway systems to order new cars for service to the 1939/1940 World's Fair.

In 1964, it was (again) ...

Another equally-stylish entrance at the 181st Street station......

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This narrow entrance to the IND's 181st station seems to be a unique (and handsome) combination of Art Deco and Moorish design.

In this photo, note that the original "S ...

This view depicts the cluttered-looking entrance to the IND's Dyckman Street/200th Street station; look closely and you'll see how the modern MTA station entrance lamp obliterates the last letter of t ...

These distinctive ventilation grills at the IND's 163rd Street station remind me of a bit of those depicted in the publicity photo of INDiana Jones on his thundering steed, jumping the turnstiles on t ...

This NYCTA publicity shot from 1964 features Vermont "State" car #9762 (folks indeed knew how to dress, back in '64!).......

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Hunting through the gigantic photo collection of nycsubway.org can be tedious. For example, I am interested in the "State" cars that served the 1964 World's Fair. Here is the Rhode Island ca ...

Here's another photo of "STATE OF KANSAS" car #9766, this time at 33rd/Rawson, in 1964................

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An interesting (if hardly impressive) contrast in old and new signage at the IND's 163rd Street station.............

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Car #9762 ("STATE OF VERMONT") at 82nd Street, 1965..........

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["TIMES SQUARE"]

Here's a 2013 photo of yet another "rocky" (and quite distinctive) IND station entrance, this one at 181st Street.

You can also see the the housing that once displayed the original illum ...

This view at the 190th Street station (looking towards the street doors) clearly shows the lofty arched ceiling.........

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When Your's Truly began working downtown in 1979, many stations still were using vintage change booths (I recall these oft-forgotten old booths well; they, indeed, had a certain charm to them)

When ...