There was a followup story a year later when the escalator finally ran again. Then it broke a day later.pic.twitter.com/QTfSI7zmLm
Penn Station escalator broken for four years in the 1970s because Amtrak and MTA couldn't agree on who should fix itpic.twitter.com/d2TEpkzsc0
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@mccanner did the person in charge of this escalator end up working for DC metro?
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@mccanner *WMATA reads story, nods approvingly* "Now THAT'S how you run a mass transit agency!"Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@mccanner this is so incredibly not surprisingThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@mccanner@katherinemiller one was broken 7th Ave @ 33rd st this past year for 5 months.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@mccanner@katherinemiller don't forget "Tunnel Street" which I think also fell under the parks Dept. at one pointhttp://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/12/nyregion/washington-heights-journal-a-subway-passageway-just-for-the-courageous.html …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@mccanner@katherinemiller Wait...Penn Station used to be even more dysfunctional than it is now?!?!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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