Re: (rshsdepot) Borough Hall - Brooklyn Bridge

["Paul Luchter" <luckyshow_@_mindspring.com>]

Yes that is the main entrance but not the only one or the first one

> [Original Message]
> From: David S. Rose <lists_@_rosegremse.com>
> To: <rshsdepot_@_lists.railfan.net>
> Date: 12/11/2005 12:40:29 AM
> Subject: Re: (rshsdepot) Borough Hall - Brooklyn Bridge
>
> Well, I can't quite figure out from your description which entrance each
of
> you is talking about, but to me, the "main entrance to the 4&5 trains
under
> the Municipal Building" is the one shown in the following photo, and I
would
> probably have stood at the top of the stairs...
>
> http://www.benstrawbridge.com/photo/buildings/centerstreet-subway.php
>
> -David
>
>
> > From: Michael E Allen <ptrmgtsvc_@_juno.com>
> > Reply-To: <rshsdepot_@_lists.railfan.net>
> > Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 14:21:20 -0500
> > To: <rshsdepot_@_lists.railfan.net>
> > Subject: (rshsdepot) Borough Hall - Brooklyn Bridge
> > 
> > I hope that somebody on this list can help resolve a friendly dispute
> > with a favored grad student which has degenerated into "Men are not
> > capable of following simple directions, Never mind ask for them."
> > 
> > We were supposed to meet at the main entrance to the 4&5 trains under
the
> > Municipal Building. Having walked across that bridge probably hundreds
of
> > times during my student days in Brooklyn, in my mind that main entrance
> > to 4&5 meant the plaza at the end of the bridge. To her it meant the
> > stairs that are actually under the building.
> > While I will concede that I should have heard "under the building" as
the
> > operative terminology, I was under the impression that those stairs had
> > been closed off some time ago. They were open as of a week ago last
> > Thursday with quite a bit of iron fence in place.
> > 
> > So my question to some of the veteran New Yorkers on this list is:  Is
my
> > memory correct here or should I just plead stupidity? (I may do that
> > anyway)
> > 
> > Thanks
>
>
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