7-New York's City Hall station (US)

7-New York's City Hall station (US)

World’s Most Impressive Subway Stations series

While the stations of the subway are now often dirty, ugly, and are marginally welcoming places, this is not always the case. New York City once had the imagination to build stations which were beautiful as well as practical. The City Hall station remains the most impressive subway station in New York, and yet it hasn't been used since 1945.