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Re: Since when are buses allowed on the Parkways? |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Jul 16 18:17:48 2008, in response to Re: Since when are buses allowed on the Parkways?, posted by Forest Glen on Wed Jul 16 17:19:49 2008. The Southern State has overpasses that are only about 7-8 feet high (thank you Robert Moses).Here you go continuing the myth that RM only built the bridges that low because of buses and not allowing "blacks" to go to the beach. That has been disproved many times here, and is an urban legend. Look at what buses looked like in the 1920's and 30's. This myth is thinking of current buses, and trying to apply that to something that was in the 1920's when the parkways were designed, or the 30's when built. In the 20's and 30's, buses weren't popular at all, trolleys were, and no one could foresee what buses would become one day, or at least how big the normal buses are now, or even began to be by the 1950's. The parkways were mostly built already when buses began to be popular in the 1950's, or in the late 40's. |
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