The good, bad and ugly: New Yorkers share their most memorable subway moments as rail system turns 120
NY Post
The subway changed Rick McGuire’s life.
No, he didn’t meet his forever person on the uptown A train like fiancés Anastasia Gregory and Spencer Seabaugh, nor did he find “American Idol” fame after launching a crooning career on station platforms like singer Just Sam.
Instead, the subway system, which celebrates its 120th anniversary Sunday, gave McGuire a career spotlighting the commuters, kooks, trendsetters and go-getters buzzing beneath the city’s surface.
“The subway is like the eighth wonder of the world,” McGuire, 40, founder of virtual people-watching hub @SubwayCreatures, told The Post.
His viral vids include everything from early sightings of Gotham’s legendary “Pizza Rat” to clips of Grammy winner Ed Sheeran belting out “Eyes Closed” with subway performer Mike Yung.
“Down there,” said McGuire, a New Jerseyan-turned-Brooklynite, “you’re surrounded by some of the most fascinating humans.”
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