The NYC Subway

Most of us New Yorkers have a love-hate relationship with the Subway. We love to hate it.

Speaking for myself, I love the subway. So Happy Birthday, NYC subway. The first New York City underground line, the IRT, opened on October 27, 1904. Here is the triumphal New York Times coverage of the epochal day.

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/1027.html#article

Here's a little more about the real greatest show on earth– riding the NYC subway system from Don't Know Much About...