NYC Vintage Subway Car Ride - Swing Dancing & Tea with Baby Soda Jazz Band 12/13/2009

Filmed by Kyle Supley.

It was amazing! Authentic vintage subway car of NYC from 1931. Imagine riding on a train, complete with ceiling fans (no A/Cs back then and each of the vintage banner advertisement posters. Each unique in its own way, some very witty and some quintessential of that period. It was a total bonus to have Baby Soda Jazz Band entertain us with their amazing New Orleans-style swingy jazz repertoire. There was absolutely no room to dance, but we made it happen. Where is Heidi & Joe to show off some amazing balboa???? At some point the train was whizzing by....quite challenging to dance but it was incredibly fun and I wish we could do this every day!

A series of pictures by Sam Horine were featured on Metromix NY -
http://newyork.metromix.com/events/essay_photo_gallery/the-vintage-tea-party/...

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as excerpted from the organizer's link:

All Aboard! The Vintage NYC Subway cars are taking off in New York City - The NYC Transit and The Levys' Unique New York invite you to join their Vintage Tea Party
Take Two! (Vintage Tea Party Take One was way back in 2004) On Sunday
December 13th, at 2pm, The Levys' Unique New York! NY's First Family
of Tour Guides, will board a Vintage NYC Subway Car departing from the
2nd Ave / Lower East Side station on the V (for Vintage!) line, with
teacups, saucers, dainty cookies and everything else you'd expect from
a late-19th century parlor room drama. And for the cost of a Metrocard
swipe, you can join them! Dandy up in your finest petticoats and top
hats, and bring your favorite finger foods, cups and saucers, and tea
to share. We'll ride to Queens and then ride back! What gaiety!

To recap:

Vintage Tea Party Take Two! All Aboard the Vintage NYC Subways!
Sunday December 13th, 2pm.
2nd Ave / Lower East Side train station, last car, Queens-bound V
train platform.
$2.25 or a swipe of your unlimited metrocard
Dress period-specific. Bring tea and snacks to share.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Baby
• Soda
• Jazz
• Band
• 1890
• 1910
• New
• York
• City
• Vintage
• Subway
• Car
• Ride
• Swing
• Dance
• Lindy
• Hop
• 1920s
• Age
• Music
• Great
• Gatsby
• Orleans
• Style
• NOLA
• NYC
• Antique
• Train
• Brass
• Ragtime
• The
• Levys
• Unique
• MTA
• Transit

[multilaurak]

@Strumelia Do you remember the broken pieces of cane that would poke you?

[brooklynsweb]

WIN WIN WIN!!!!

[jc1125]

This is so cool!

[xpeperx]

this usually happens?

[Strumelia]

I remember riding in subway cars that were EXACTLY like that when I was a little girl in NYC. There were still quite a few like that in service then. Woven caned seats, big ceiling fans, white enameled hand grasps, white enameled poles, 'marbled' linoleum floors.... very beautiful old sense of design.

I remember the giant heavy wooden turnstiles too, for putting your tokens. And I'm only 56! :D

[retroolschool]

Im the only one to comment so far...Im surprised! This is cool footage!