Talk:Chatham Square station

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Picture of how it used to be
This is a jigsaw puzzle showing a painting of Chatham Square by Colin Campbell Cooper, Jr., an American Impressionist painter, around the turn of the century, when steam locomotives were running on the Elevated. David Spector (talk) 15:20, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

Station configuration
I stumbled across this 1923 postcard which raises some questions about the accuracy of the sources. From the 1905 map and 1905 photo, it appears that the configuration had a flat junction, with an island platform to the north for 3rd Ave trains and an island platform to the south for 2nd Ave train to/from South Ferry. (2nd Ave trains to/from City Hall may have skipped Chatham Square?) At some point - probably along with the 1917 triple-tracking, the north island was removed. Upper-level 3rd Ave tracks served a second island platform above the original south platform, while (2 islands?) were located on the City Hall spur. I've pinged the two of you in hopes you might have access to sources that can clarify. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 09:00, 23 January 2021 (UTC)
 * According to this 1920 track map from nycsubway.org (which I know, not the best source), the spur to South Ferry had two platforms, an upper level and a lower level. The spur to City Hall had two platforms side by side: the west for 3rd Ave trains and the east for 2nd Ave trains. Epicgenius (talk) 17:30, 23 January 2021 (UTC)