Photos by Stacie Joy
We've seen a few social media reports in recent days of cashless Coca-Cola vending machines arriving at subway stations... and lo and behold, there's now one in the First Avenue entrance of the Second Avenue F stop...
... so you have your choice of sodas and various snacks (thankfully, no option for Funyuns — no fun for enclosed train cars)...
Two years ago to the day, we read in Crain's about the MTA's desire to have "the vending machines in place of empty retail spaces" to "add a bit more liveliness to the system" ... not to mention revenue.
No chicklets?
ReplyDeleteWe would have to time travel to the 90's. LOL
DeleteNo Chowards Violets or Halva either.
DeleteI see as Another surface for the lawless ones to vandalize
ReplyDeleteThis will get thrashed!
ReplyDeleteI was thinking the same thing that these would get trashed or vandalized quickly. Either because people are hungry and homeless Or just because some people are prone to criminal activity.
ReplyDeleteThey were built to be unbreakable. No one is getting into these.
DeleteWould much prefer if they finally put digital countdown "next train" signage above the north entrance at 1st St. & 1st Ave., like they do for most stations by now.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea - bring food into the subway experience. Not enough rats down there, I guess.
ReplyDeleteOooh. That's so much better than constructing passageways under the Avenue, leading to entrance stairs on the East side of First ave.
ReplyDeletenow I can just buy a Coke while I stand in line with all the other commuters waiting to climb out of that single-file width staircase
Fun fact, Funyuns contain no actual onions. But I still like them.
ReplyDeletelol guys, the subway is probably getting partnership money with this - all while providing a little something extra for people to buy. This is not comparable to building a new subway entrance.
ReplyDeleteThis is completely fine imo. It won't even be in the way - there's a huge space down there (I assume built to be the 2nd ave subway connection back in the day).
Who would buy before going to the platform? No one lingers before the turnstile, normally one is in a rush to catch a train!
ReplyDeleteIt would make more sense to have these inside on the platform — if you’re waiting for a train and are bored or feeling dehydrated/ thirsty you can get something.