question about smoking in the Good Old Days

"danny burstein" <dannyb@panix.com> wrote in message
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> Anyone recall whether smoking was allowed
> in the open elevated subway stations back
> in the Good Old Days?


There was usually a "No Smoking" sign on the riser about eye level; another
riser would bear the sign "No Fumar."

I've seen these in photos at least back to the 1920s.

Cheers,
Jim Guthrie

On Mar 27, 4:24 pm, danny burstein <dan...@panix.com> wrote:
> Anyone recall whether smoking was allowed
> in the open elevated subway stations back
> in the Good Old Days?

I remembered the squarish blue-on-white enamel signs with the large NO
on the left and the list smoking, spitting, and a few other things on
the right -- what were the others? soliciting? littering? (Not eating,
because there were food stands inside the stations all over the place.)

On Mar 28, 12:38 pm, hanco...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:

> [The Penn Central had an employee magazine which featured a pretty
> girl employee on the cover every month which modern feminists would
> find appalling.  However, I'm pretty sure the young women at the time
> enjoyed modeling and being featured on the cover, and even today would
> probably be pleased to see an attractive picture of themselves from
> years ago.]

It could hardly be seen as troublesome now if they featured a handsome
"boy" employee on the cover every other month. Your use of the word
"girl" in this context, however, indicates a related problematic that
persists to this day.

On Mar 28, 12:40 pm, hanco...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:
> On Mar 28, 12:23 pm, "Peter T. Daniels" <gramma...@> wrote:
>
> > I remembered the squarish blue-on-white enamel signs with the large NO
> > on the left and the list smoking, spitting, and a few other things on
> > the right -- what were the others? soliciting? littering? (Not eating,
> > because there were food stands inside the stations all over the place.)
>
> Perhaps no running.  "Walk don't run  a fall is no fun"

Loitering, also.

> Remember the big signs at Coney Island beach with an enormous NO on
> one side and a long list on the other?

I have never been to Coney Island beach. The closest I ever got was a
few years ago with a friend visitng from England; we walked along the
boardwalk for a few blocks in an unpleasant March drizzle. And had
excellent Russian pastries on Brighton Beach Blvd.

On Mar 28, 4:33 pm, hanco...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:
> On Mar 28, 2:40 pm, "Peter T. Daniels" <gramma...@> wrote:
>
> > I have never been to Coney Island beach.
>
> Geez, my parents took me up when I was little just to visit it.

We went to Rockaway.

> Now I wonder what subway line we took from Penna Station to get
> there.  Which was the fastest way (before Chrystie St)?  The N Sea
> Beach seems to be more express.  I'm pretty sure we were in a cut, not
> on an el.

That would be the Brighton line, no? The easternmost of them?

On Mar 29, 8:05 pm, Phil Kane <Phil.K...@nov.shmovz.ka.pop> wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:33:30 -0700 (PDT), hanco...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:
> >On Mar 28, 2:40 pm, "Peter T. Daniels" <gramma...@> wrote:
>
> >> I have never been to Coney Island beach.
>
> >Geez, my parents took me up when I was little just to visit it.
>
> Dare I say that Peter had a deprived childhood?  

What did Coney Island have that Rockaway didn't?

Could you rent a bungalow for two or three weeks? How did the
attractions there compare with Rockaway Playland? And Rockaway's
beaches weren't packed shoulder to shoulder with oceangoers.

> Then again, I grew up
> in Brooklyn where a trip to Coney Island every week or two in the
> summers was _de rigueur_.
>
> >Now I wonder what subway line we took from Penna Station to get
> >there.  Which was the fastest way (before Chrystie St)?  The N Sea
> >Beach seems to be more express.  I'm pretty sure we were in a cut, not
> >on an el.
>
> Sounds like the Sea Beach to me......

> We went to Rockaway on a one-seat subway ride from Washington Heights.

Did you get there sometime before sundown? <g>

Cheers,
Jim