A closer look
Track 61 is a secret platform hidden beneath the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York City that was specifically designed to transport VIPs directly into the building. Franklin Delano Roosevelt famously used this covert railway siding to hide his polio from the public, transporting his custom armored train car straight into a specialized freight elevator. It is a stunning piece of urban infrastructure that encapsulates how the ruling class will build subterranean labyrinths to avoid making eye contact with everyday subway commuters. While you are currently crammed into a delayed train next to a guy clipping his toenails, just remember that the elite have been enjoying private underground valets since the thirties. The track is supposedly abandoned now, but it is incredibly naive to think billionaires have not upgraded to personal hyperloops or pneumatic tubes just to bypass the horrific smell of Penn Station
