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The New York Times · September
15th, 1932
A plaque to mark the location of the city's first subway
and to commemorate the late Alfred Ely Beach, who built it, has been
ordered by the New York Historical Society from Waldemar Rannus,
sculptor, now living in Astoria. The plaque is to be placed in the
City Hall station of the B. M. T. lines and will be finished in about
three weeks, according to Mr. Rannus.
Mr. Beach was born Dec. 1, 1826, and died Jan. 1,
1896. He built the first subway in 1870, from 259 Broadway to Warren
Street. Mr. Rannus, the sculptor, is a friend of Stanley Beach,
grandson of the late Alfred Ely Beach. The sculptor was born in
Estonia, has studied art here and abroad and has lived in this country
for the last thirty years. Some of his works are on exhibition at the
Brooklyn Museum. The plaque will depict the late Mr. Beach and a
picture of the car used on his subway.
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