72 is my favorite temperature, and it’s also the number of my favorite subway station as well, the one with the distinctive Heins and LaFarge headhouse, built during the first wave of subway construction from 1900-1908, at the tripartite intersection of Amsterdam Avenue, Broadway and West 72nd. It was given a major upgrade in the early 2000s with, finally, a transfer made available from uptown to downtown (most other NYC express subway stations allow them) as well as a new glassy partner across west 72nd in Verdi Square.
Other Heins & LaFarge headhouses can be found at Bowling Green and Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn.
3/26/13