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Re: 76th St area - Satellite (Re: Q About LTV Squad and 76th Street) |
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Posted by Teddmann on Mon Jan 24 12:51:21 2011, in response to Re: 76th St area - Satellite (Re: Q About LTV Squad and 76th Street), posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Jan 24 12:29:49 2011. >>The area of that "#4" is called "Old South Rd", and appears to be the original alignment of Pitkin Ave east of there. Notice how to the right of this, if you pan out to the right, that road is in the alignment that Pitkin Ave takes east of about 78th St:Ok, yes...I never projected Old South Rd...I see exactly what you mean, how it lines back up with Pitkin at 78th St. Now, what else is interesting (perhaps in my mind only), is that using the historical aerial photos (use link below), using the 1924 1924 image it's obvious. But, click the 1951 image, and Old South Rd is barely a line in the dirt...only to reappear again in the 1996 image. Why is Old South Rd seemingly "gone" in 1951? http://gis.nyc.gov/doitt/nycitymap/?z=9&p=1022897,185805&c=GIS1996 Old South Rd in 1996, clearly visable:  Old South Rd in 1951, barely noticable:  Old South Rd in 1924...was Pitkin Ave: 
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