Elevated

    New York already had an extensive elevated train network when the first subway line was built in 1904. The move to subways has consistently been seen as an improvement, and the concerns are valid: noise and light. But nobody ever took the aesthetics of riding these trains into account. Every time I look out the windows at dark tunnel walls I wonder what it would be like if I were 100 feet higher, looking down on 53rd Street or Trinity Place.

    If you're skeptical, watch this short film about the 3rd Avenue El, made just a few years before it was dismantled in 1955.

Approximately 40% of the present "subway" system is elevated, mostly deep in the outer boroughs.

Comments

[Jason]

Whats all that white stuff on the ground?