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Court Square Complex Court Square (G) has two tracks and an island platform. It has been reconfigured to allow serviced as a terminal and is the terminal for most of the day and is planned to be the permanent north terminal for the G Line. Stairways have been relocated and the south Mezzanine reopened with HEETs to serve as a MetroCard transfer to the 7 45th Rod Courthouse Square (7) has two tracks and two wall platforms. The crossunder is at the Manhattan end and has a booth and windows. 23rd Street Ely Avenue (E, V) has two tracks and a crossover at both ends .The South end leads to 21st Street and is full-time, with the original IND sings " Manhattan" and "Jamaica" still inside fare control. The North end connects to the Passageway to the G which was built by Citibank when their Court Square building was built. This passageway has lots of glass at the escalators near the building entrance and the only moving walkways (horizontal escalators) in the system. Just before entering this passageway is the original f/t booth area on 44th Drive near 23rd Street, the only remains of this area being a lone HEET. The only staircase on the Manahan bound side, while different tile shapes are used for NYCT storage space. Prior to construction of the transfer passageway, the 23rd Street side was a f/t booth while the 21st Street end was p/t with iron maidens. There are two different artworks in this complex, one is "Temple Quad Reliefs" by Frank Olt and features a quartet of ceramic and glass mosaic wall reliefs that was installed when the 23rd Street/Ely Avenue underwent a slight renovation in 1992 along the 23rd Street mezzanine area and just downstairs both platforms. The second and larger artwork is present at the Queens Mezzanine of the 23rd Ely station and in the passageway to the G. The title is "Stream" by Elizabeth Murray (2001) which depicts boots along the mixture of sun and rain clouds and the NYC skyline. This artwork occupies entire lengths of the wall opposite the horizontal escalator.
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