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(erielack) Re: PATH flooding

Never heard about that! 

On one trip the guides took us on they pointed out the unfinished tunnel
entrance that was supposed to go to Brooklyn(!) and talked about the intent to
extend the line north to Grand Central (wouldn't that have been great for
today's commuters!)

I worked between 14th and 23rd streets, so got off at either stop. I of course
lobbied to have the 18/19th Street station (in the basement of the old
Wanamaker's) reopened! It would have been right in the basement of my building
across the street. (You'd think that might be a good idea now, with all the
retail activity in that area, but I'm sure it would play havoc with the already
tight schedules...)

The PR guy that was leading us around said that some time in the late '60s some
rich entrepreneur proposed a plan to PATH for the station. He wanted to put a
restaurant in it, with glass block from floor to ceiling at the edge of the
platforms, tables ON the platforms, so you could sit and have a drink and watch
the trains go by! PATH quashed the idea for safety reasons: not enough emergency
exits...

dmg

Ken wrote:
> 
Did you ever get any info on the proposed double-decking project on the
north-south
> between Hoboken and where it joined the east-west Jersey City-Hudson Terminal line?
> The boring is there, I believe, at least the entrances are, although one near
> Hoboken has a tower in it.  When I stopped at Pavonia Av in the early 1970's, there
> were some stairways going down that were completely enclosed and blocked off.
> Wonder if they went to the lower level station platforms?
> 
> Ken B.
> 
> David Goessling wrote:
> 
> > The most serious flooding I ever so on PATH was during the "Nor'easter" of '93
> > ('94?) There were TV news shots of water almost up to street level on the stairs
> > in Hoboken!
> >
> > Years ago when I worked in Manhattan I was on the volunteer "PATH Commuter
> > Advisory Board" (filled out enough of those suggestion/survey cards that they
> > finally called me up :-)) We had a number of interesting tours, including one of
> > the operations center in Journal Square, another of the then-newly renovated
> > Exchange Place station.
> >
> > Somebody asked why Hoboken Station often smelled so bad. Answer: because it's of
> > course below low tide level and the mud behind the back wall (closest to the
> > stairs up to the Terminal) just plain stinks at low tide! They have tried many
> > things for years to dry it, mask the smell (remember those sickly sweet
> > fragrance bombs they had for a while?), etc. largely to no avail...
> >
> > dmg
> >
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