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But this is a large one, and no pencil could suffice.
I'm reading a mystery, the New Year's Eve Murder by Leslie Meier. Our main character is in NYC (not a spoiler - none of this is) and she's taking the 1 down to the boat. And she can't get off, because she (say it with me) Must Be In One Of The First Five Cars. How she missed the big signs and the announcements for the past six stops, I don't know, but she's been a little preoccupied. This is a murder mystery, after all. I giggled, because this is true to life. There always is somebody who just doesn't get it, and how many times, how many times have I gotten on the train quick, just to hang by the doors so next stop I could make a bid for the conductor's car?
So she goes back up to Rector, and is "surprised to find herself in front of a quaint little church".
Well, aside from the fact that I'd hardly call Trinity Church "quaint" (it was once the tallest building in... I'm told the country, but I don't know, and it's still very impressive when viewed from below) - the 1 doesn't let you off in front of the Church. That's the N. The 1 lets you off a block away, still on Rector, but the American Stock Exchange is in between you and it, and so are a number of very questionable establishments, and you're right by the best store ever to buy gyros in (well, maybe not anymore).
And, for that matter, the N, when you get off, doesn't show you the church either. It shows you a huge wall. If you climb up the stairs, then you're in the graveyard, and then you see the church, but the church is well above street level - somewhere around the second story. In fact, there's a bridge from there to another building across the street. If you're going to get off a train, turn around, and be surprised at the "quaint little church" with the "memorial to Alexander Hamilton" (which you *definitely* have to be on the other side of the church to see!), you'd have to get off at the Wall Street station of the 4/5. The children from the preschool run around in the graveyard there, that would've been an interesting thing for our protagonist to observe!
I'm reading a mystery, the New Year's Eve Murder by Leslie Meier. Our main character is in NYC (not a spoiler - none of this is) and she's taking the 1 down to the boat. And she can't get off, because she (say it with me) Must Be In One Of The First Five Cars. How she missed the big signs and the announcements for the past six stops, I don't know, but she's been a little preoccupied. This is a murder mystery, after all. I giggled, because this is true to life. There always is somebody who just doesn't get it, and how many times, how many times have I gotten on the train quick, just to hang by the doors so next stop I could make a bid for the conductor's car?
So she goes back up to Rector, and is "surprised to find herself in front of a quaint little church".
Well, aside from the fact that I'd hardly call Trinity Church "quaint" (it was once the tallest building in... I'm told the country, but I don't know, and it's still very impressive when viewed from below) - the 1 doesn't let you off in front of the Church. That's the N. The 1 lets you off a block away, still on Rector, but the American Stock Exchange is in between you and it, and so are a number of very questionable establishments, and you're right by the best store ever to buy gyros in (well, maybe not anymore).
And, for that matter, the N, when you get off, doesn't show you the church either. It shows you a huge wall. If you climb up the stairs, then you're in the graveyard, and then you see the church, but the church is well above street level - somewhere around the second story. In fact, there's a bridge from there to another building across the street. If you're going to get off a train, turn around, and be surprised at the "quaint little church" with the "memorial to Alexander Hamilton" (which you *definitely* have to be on the other side of the church to see!), you'd have to get off at the Wall Street station of the 4/5. The children from the preschool run around in the graveyard there, that would've been an interesting thing for our protagonist to observe!
