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Franklin
Avenue / Fulton Street Complex
Franklin Ave Shuttle
station
(S/W corner of Franklin Ave and Fulton Street) A new 2 story
building replaces the old setup, and has an F/T mezzanine area
at street level. Entering fare control, you have the
option of going upstairs or escalator to the shuttle platform,
or turn left and down downstairs to the Euclid- Ave bound C line
platform. The Manhattan-bound C platform is accessible
from a pedestrian bridge from the shuttle platform, over Fulton
Street, and via either stairs or elevator. There are two
elevators, the first is a 4 stop elevator that covers the
2-level pedestrian bridge, mezzanine, and Euclid Ave-bound IND
levels, and the second elevator is located after you cross the
bridge and takes you to the Manhattan-bound IND level.
The shuttle platform remains unique as the only single track,
stub end terminal in the entire NYCT system. Artwork at
passageway at platform level from main staircase to first
elevator: "Life and Continued Growth" by Eric Pryor (1999) uses
glass to create several pieces or artwork, among them a trumpet
and a tall cocktail glass.
Franklin Avenue (on Fulton Street
at Franklin Avenue) opened on 4/9/1936 and has four tracks and
two wall platforms with a crossover at the south end connecting
to the Franklin
Shuttle. A closed exit is at the north end of the southbound
platform and leads to Classon Avenue and had a booth. Evidence
exists in the tile on the northbound platform that an exit was
there too but based on al old neighborhood map had no street
exit leading to a theory of a closed crossunder. The booth is
relocated to street level southbound with another booth on the
northbound platform. The southbound platform had a booth which
was closed when the new street level booth was added.
Thanks to the Shuttle rebuild, this station now has full ADA to
all platforms with one elevator for each side and another
elevator to the Shuttle platform.
According to the
MTA Web Site artwork is by
Eric Pryor and is entitled Life and Continued Growth and was
installed in 1999.
"...Faceted glass on platform wall ,+In
Life and Continued Growth, Eric Pryor's 29 faceted glass
windows use both traditional African and contemporary African
American images. Antelope horns signify movement and are a
symbol for material prosperity. Butterflies signify the life
cycle, from gestation to birth to the change into adulthood. The
importance of music and rhythm are shown through African drums,
a saxophone, and trumpets, rendered in vivid red, gold, and
purple in contrast to the receding shades of green, blue and
turquoise. "The Franklin Avenue-Fulton Street area's rich
African American heritage is being reborn," says Pryor. "Change
and opportunity are arriving and the shuttle line both
encourages and reflects how the community's new optimism.
Life and Continued Growth emerges from a spirit that is
rooted in traditional African-American culture and the new
energy that is making it soar again."
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