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[Photos by John-Paul Palescandolo & Eric Kazmirek]. The link is to the website of the photographers, who write more technical information on how John-Paul Palescandolo took the photos.
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Above are photographs of New York City's City Hall "ghost station" which was shut down in 1945. More photographs, plus some photographs of the opening day of the station, are at the Daily Mail.
From Wikipedia:
City Hall, also known as City Hall Loop, was the original southern terminal station of the first line of the New York City Subway, built by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT), named the "Manhattan Main Line", and now part of the IRT Lexington Avenue Line. Opened on October 27, 1904, this station underneath the public area in front of City Hall [which] was designed to be the showpiece of the new subway...employing Romanesque Revival architecture. The platform and mezzanine feature Guastavino tile, skylights, colored glass tilework and brass chandeliers. Passenger service was discontinued on December 31, 1945, making it a ghost station, although the station is still used as a turning loop for 6 and [6] trains. [More at Wikipedia]