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Photos: The Vintage Subway Party Brought Riders Back To The '20s This Weekend
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Jen Carlson
Published Dec 19, 2011
Modified Jan 25, 2012
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The Vintage Tea & Swing Dancing Party took place on Saturday afternoon, bringing the Roaring Twenties underground to the 2nd Avenue F train platform... which actually didn't exist until 1936, but it's okay! It's all make believe! Just suspend disbelief as you click through our photos, taken by Sam Horine on Saturday, and you too can be transported back to the good ol' days. (Maybe listen to the party's official band, the Hot Sardines while you're at it.) It's like Midnight In Paris but with a MetroCard!
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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