Forget Taylor Swift, a 120-year-old subway station is NYC’s hottest ticket

nypost.com:

is like Taylor Swift tickets,” said Phil Carracci, a 66-year-old retiree who lives in Murray Hill and has been trying to see the station for years without success. “So few people have seen it.”Last August, Carracci finally snagged a ticket for a fall tour by making sure he was at his computer at 9:59 a.m., prepared to click at 10 a.m.

It’s a good thing he was at the ready. This fall’s 16 tours sold out in 20 minutes. It was even crazier for the spring tours, which sold out in seven minutes. “It’s like trying to win the lottery, it’s almost impossible,” said Sindi Schorr, a real estate broker from the Upper East Side who managed to snag a ticket for a fall tour.

Even tour guides are sympathetic to the fact that a trip to the station is more exclusive than field level seats for the World Series.“People will come up to me and say ‘I tried the last three offerings you’ve had and I haven’t been able to [get tickets]’ and they’ll give me all their sob stories,” museum tour guide and transit expert Polly Desjarlais told The Post. “I feel for them, I really do.”The stunning stop — one of the original 28 — is the only station to feature arched tile ceilings and one of just a few with skylights.

Other notable features include chandeliers and a distinctly rounded platform. Architects George Heins and Christopher LaFarge, along with Spanish artisan Rafael Guastavino, had just designed the Cathedral of St.