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Every Friday, we discuss, debate and dissect the week’s theme and stories here, on The Park Bench. It’s a place where we take you behind the scenes with our journalists and subjects.

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Every Friday, we discuss, debate and dissect the week’s theme and stories here, on The Park Bench. It’s a place where we take you behind the scenes with our journalists and subjects; where we curate the comments that you post on the site, as well as your longer reflections that you send to us via email. If a story hits home, or you have a fresh perspective you’d like to add, drop us a line here, or get in touch via Twitter and Facebook using the hashtag #ParkBench.

“Umbrellas” on the Subway

The subway stories continue. Responding to Tales from the Tunnels, reader Eileen Sheffield writes in with her own memories of discovering the New York City subway system, for better and worse.

After reading Larry Spiegel’s extremely interesting piece on the subways, I would also like to add my experience.

Like Larry, I have always liked the subways. When I arrived here from Ireland in the mid-1960s, I learned–well, my sisters taught me–what train to take from the Bronx to Manhatta…