Grand Central Madison goes deep...Submitted by mrturdferguson t3_10l354n in nyc
Strawbalicious t1_j5uagin wrote
What did you think of it? I like that it's new and clean, but also thought it was a pretty long walk from Grand Central to get to the platforms.
mrturdferguson OP t1_j5uayrb wrote
I audibly chuckled when the doors down the first escalators opened and I made that right to see that long walk...
DMenace83 t1_j5ukndj wrote
Enjoy it while it lasts, it won't be new and clean in a few months.
NYC doesn't like to keep things new. Unlike other countries, nobody is employed to clean the escalators, floors, walls, ceilings, etc...
mrturdferguson OP t1_j5uoiql wrote
You must not venture out late a night to see the hardworking crews power washing and mopping up tons of disgusting things. But I agree, they should employ more people to keep it cleaner.
DMenace83 t1_j5v7td1 wrote
I'll be honest I haven't, but I do see stations like the Flushing Main St escalators brand new at the time they were built, but in less than a year, dust and grime started to coat the nice walls. Now, it's just a thick black layer of dust that nobody else bothers to clean.
On the flip side, I look at places like Japan, there are cleaning crew running around 24/7 cleaning the stations, wiping the escalator handles, stairs, etc. And everywhere is so nice and clean.
Isawthebeets t1_j5wz850 wrote
Tokyo trains close at midnight or 1am. So they can clean do maintenance. If we did that. We would need an a army of nightbuses to handle instead…actually
DMenace83 t1_j5ya9b2 wrote
Right, but I'm referring to stations. Don't need to shut down the station for it to be cleaned.
Ermahgerd_Rerded t1_j5wq8cm wrote
There’s no escalators at flushing main you fucking liar
DMenace83 t1_j5wyywl wrote
Subway station, 7 train, on Roosevelt. There are 2 big escalators across the street from Macy's.
Redbird9346 t1_j5xs9jh wrote
The Lippman Plaza exit, mid-block between Main and Union.
woodcider t1_j5xi2d1 wrote
Every time there’s a budget crisis the first people they cut are Cleaners. Then there’s a rise in track fires and service gets messed up. They haven’t figured out that these things cascade. Keeping the stations clean should be a higher priority.
arthurnewt t1_j5ur7qh wrote
After all the money spent the cleaning should be the least they can do
SerKikato t1_j5uzy4t wrote
To be honest, as a non-native, part of the mystique or culture shock to moving here was seeing the rust on steel and the grime on Century old tile. A lot of stations and buildings are like time machines into an entirely different era. There's history in those old bones.
But new constructions do stay new. Moynihan is 2 years old and looks just as clean as it did when it opened. Hudson Yards looks just as good as any Mall overseas.
DaoFerret t1_j5vao4d wrote
It’s part of why Star Wars pioneered a more “gritty” and realistic SciFi.
Technology always looks new when it first comes out, but it tends to show wear over time.
Most SciFi till then had kept everything sparkling and pretty. StarWars showed the wear of “old” technology, which leant an air of credibility and reality to it that earlier works didn’t have.
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