The first subway station in New York City was designed to be a masterpiece and was considered a “jewel in the crown ” when it opened .
紐約市的第一座地鐵站被設計成一件傑作，啟用時被視為「皇冠上的明珠」。
The trains in New York City's public transportation system , its subway , mostly run underground .
紐約市大眾運輸系統——地鐵的列車大多在地下行駛。
Today , the main concern of subway designers is that their systems work correctly .
如今，地鐵設計者最關心的是系統能否正常運作。
New York's subway opened in 1904 .
紐約地鐵於1904年通車。
City Hall Station was one of New York City's first underground subway stations .
市政廳站是紐約市最早的地下地鐵站之一。
Now called Old City Hall Station , it was built during a time when many public buildings and spaces were designed to appear majestic .
這座如今被稱為舊市政廳站的車站，建於許多公共建築和空間都被設計得氣勢恢宏的年代。
The goal was to demonstrate that New York could compete culturally with great European cities , sometimes called metropolises .
目的是證明紐約在文化上可以與歐洲的大城市（有時被稱為大都會）相媲美。
Hood is a history professor at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva , New York .
胡德是紐約州日內瓦市霍巴特和威廉·史密斯學院的歷史學教授。
Inside Old City Hall Station , the top is not flat in shape but curved instead .
舊市政廳站內部的頂部不是平的，而是彎曲的。
The walls rise up to create a high , round shape known as a vault .
牆壁向上延伸，形成一個又高又圓的形狀，稱為拱頂。
Square pieces of glass , called tiles , shine .
被稱為磁磚的方形玻璃片閃閃發亮。
Some of the lights in the station are called chandeliers .
車站裡的一些燈被稱為水晶吊燈。
These are beautiful hanging lights that hold many individual light bulbs and look like huge pieces of jewelry .
這些美麗的吊燈上裝著許多燈泡，看起來就像巨大的珠寶。
She said she was “blown away ” when she first saw the old station .
她說，第一次看到這座老車站時，她「驚呆了」。
She used words like “lovely , elegant and really unique space ” to describe the station .
她用「可愛、優雅、真正獨一無二的空間」等詞語來形容這座車站。
“I've heard [the station ] be described as a celebration of curves , because there are a lot of curves .
「我聽過有人把［這座車站］形容為曲線的盛宴，因為那裡有很多曲線。
But those beautiful curves are why the station is no longer part of the normal subway system .
但正是這些美麗的曲線，使這座車站不再屬於一般地鐵系統。
Its rounded platform cannot fit long trains .
它彎曲的月台容納不下長列車。
“The platform at City Hall is really curved .
「市政廳站的月台真的很彎。
It's a very , very tight curve , and the platform itself is just over 200 feet long .
這是一個非常非常急的彎，月台本身也只有200多英尺長。
“As the subway got busier…trains got longer , and we added cars…We were growing those platforms and making them longer ...”
「隨著地鐵越來越繁忙……列車變長了，我們增加了車廂……我們不斷擴建月台，把它們加長……」
Although it is no longer part of the subway system , Old City Hall Station is still being used .
雖然不再屬於地鐵系統，舊市政廳站仍在使用。
6 , uses the Old City Hall Station to turn around .
6號線利用舊市政廳站掉頭。
Over the years , there have been ideas to make the old station a restaurant or a place for travelers to the city to visit .
多年來，曾有人提議把這座老車站改成餐廳，或者供遊客參觀的地方。
However , security concerns put those ideas to rest .
然而，出於安全考量，這些想法都被擱置了。
Today , the unofficial way for the public to see the old station is by taking the No .
如今，民眾參觀這座老車站的非官方方式，是搭乘
6 train and staying on after the last stop .
6號線列車，到了終點站後不下車。
Then , the train turns around at the Old City Hall Station , and riders will be able to see the majestic space .
然後列車會在舊市政廳站掉頭，乘客就能看到這個宏偉的空間。