NYC Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani Plans Jan. 1 Swearing In At Old City Hall Subway Station With “Inauguration For A New Era” Block Party

Zohran Mamdani will be sworn in as the 112th major of New York City some feet below City Hall at an abandoned Gilded Age subway station at a private ceremony.
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Here’s how to tour the abandoned City Hall subway station

You don't have to be the mayor to tour the abandoned City Hall subway station, but you do have to be a member of the New York Transit Museum.
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How New York built its most beautiful subway station - then abandoned it

City Hall Station opened in 1904 as the symbolic entrance to New York’s first subway. Built with skylights, chandeliers, and Guastavino tile vaults, it was meant to dignify public transit. Almost immediately,

New York subway ends its MetroCard era and switches fully to tap-and-go fares

When the MetroCard replaced the New York City subway token in 1994, the swipeable plastic card infused much-needed modernity into one of the world’s oldest and largest transit systems.
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Those New Announcements in the Subway? They’re Art

Chloë Bass’s new audio-based public art project will be heard over the P.A. system at 14 M.T.A. stations around New York, urging commuters, “If you hear something, free something.” A new audio-based public art project in the New York City subway ...
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