Rockefeller Center underground passageways update
Jun 26, 2020, 3:15 pm
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Here’s what Phase 2 of the COVID-19 restrictions looked like today (Friday) right around Noon (this is the north concourse from the Starbucks by the rink looking back towards Sixth Avenue). I walked from Sixth to Fifth Avenue using the concourse and the Banana Republic was the only open store I found; the only food place open was the Dunkin Donuts at the top of the B/D/F/M station.
Jun 26, 2020, 4:05 pm
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Here’s what Phase 2 of the COVID-19 restrictions looked like today (Friday) right around Noon (this is the north concourse from the Starbucks by the rink looking back towards Sixth Avenue). I walked from Sixth to Fifth Avenue using the concourse and the Banana Republic was the only open store I found; the only food place open was the Dunkin Donuts at the top of the B/D/F/M station.
Jun 26, 2020, 6:47 pm
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I started this thread. After watching a YouTube video showing the underground passageways. The extension west of 6th Ave. were "new" based on earlier excursions I took.
In any event, from the YT video and my personal experience these passageways are not heavily traveled--though NOT deserted. New (viral) times = closed offices = few(er) people.
In any event, from the YT video and my personal experience these passageways are not heavily traveled--though NOT deserted. New (viral) times = closed offices = few(er) people.
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Apr 19, 2021, 12:50 pm
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Today is my first day working back in Midtown since last March; here's a few updates.
The entrance off the uptown 49th Street BMT Broadway line to the underground concourse is closed, likely due to the fact that they are doing a gut renovation of the lobby of the Exxon Building (1251 6th Ave) so the passageway under the construction zone is closed). Over half of the shops and stores under 30 Rock are closed (the shoe repair and shine is still open). There's also a bit of concourse closed around the skating rink construction zone. In general, it's still very much a ghost town, with more construction workers than office workers.
I tried going from Urbanspace 52 back to the B/D/F/M station and it’s blocked as well. In short, I don’t think most buildings on 7th and 6th Aves. are letting people enter via their underground lobbies. Over at the B/D/F/M station, they are doing major renovations of the plaza at 1221 6th Ave so the corridor is blocked at 49th street and the west side of 6th Ave.
The entrance off the uptown 49th Street BMT Broadway line to the underground concourse is closed, likely due to the fact that they are doing a gut renovation of the lobby of the Exxon Building (1251 6th Ave) so the passageway under the construction zone is closed). Over half of the shops and stores under 30 Rock are closed (the shoe repair and shine is still open). There's also a bit of concourse closed around the skating rink construction zone. In general, it's still very much a ghost town, with more construction workers than office workers.
I tried going from Urbanspace 52 back to the B/D/F/M station and it’s blocked as well. In short, I don’t think most buildings on 7th and 6th Aves. are letting people enter via their underground lobbies. Over at the B/D/F/M station, they are doing major renovations of the plaza at 1221 6th Ave so the corridor is blocked at 49th street and the west side of 6th Ave.
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