Union Street station

"Tom Anderson" <twic@urchin.earth.li> wrote in message
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>> I didn't clarify myself. Apparently, there was a phantom station
>> somewhere out in Brooklyn, the existence of which the relevant
>> authorities have denied.
>
> Ah! I don't think that's analogous to what was in the film. But it's still
> interesting (more so!) - can you tell us any more?
>
> tom
>
> --

I read about it on nyc.transit.

Apparently there was a station that either opened up, but closed a few days
later or it was projected and half built. I'm not sure what the situation is
with that.

"Greg Pratt" <gp@panix.com> wrote in message
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> Even today, there is a curious lack of information about this station.
> One wonders why such a great effort has gone into keeping this station

Ah -- but you'll note it appears on Mr Hagstrom's maps of the era.

Are you implying that appearance on a Hagstrom maps "keeps it a secret" ???

Cheers,
Jim Guthrie

> Ah -- but you'll note it appears on Mr Hagstrom's maps of the era.

> Are you implying that appearance on a Hagstrom maps "keeps it a secret" ???

LOL, if it was the "Hagstrom" map on Brennan's April 1 page, it was
very obviously photoshopped. Load it in to Photoshop or your favorite
image editor and inspect the pixels. :)

> You'll find infrastructure like that, I'm sure, on any
> Underground/Metro/Subway network in the world. I'm not sure how many
> accounts of you find of something like the 76th Street station, however.

I would think, with today's technology, and I'm certainly no expert
here, you could scan the underground of where that station is reported
to be and at least tell if there were any large open spaces in that
region. I know they talk about using radar or sonar or something like
that for finding uncharted water mains and such.

"annie" <dmr436@**********> wrote in message
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> LOL, if it was the "Hagstrom" map on Brennan's April 1 page, it was
> very obviously photoshopped. Load it in to Photoshop or your favorite
> image editor and inspect the pixels. :)

You could make yourself rich!

Go to the NYPL or the Brooklyn Public Library, and take a look at the
Hagstrom map of the era -- and then sell the information that Photoshop
actually existed in 1948! That will be remarkable information, to be sure --
and that Photoshop was kept even a better secret than the station all those
yers is pretty remarkable.

Tell you what, for $399 (Pay Pal accepted) -- I'll sell you the original
map, and save you a trip to the library. Maybe the CIA will want to know how
to keep software secret for so many years <g>.

Cheers,
Jim Guthrie

> Tell you what, for $399 (Pay Pal accepted) -- I'll sell you the original
> map, and save you a trip to the library. Maybe the CIA will want to know how
> to keep software secret for so many years <g>.

What I was referring to was the map on Brennan's page, and a very
convincing de-bunk which was posted shortly after it came out that
showed the "new" station was a cut-paste job.

Somebody also posted the original photo that was photoshopped to make
the A train photo that appeared on Brennan's page as well. That one
was from the nycsubway site.

No, I'm not curious enough to go through the thousands of photos to
find it. :)

[YellowSubmarine]

I remember hearing something about the Phantom Station... I donno about civilians having access to any kind of tech that would be able to scan the underground though... I donno that's just me.