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Posted by Marc A. Rivlin on Wed Aug 28 15:01:42 2013, in response to Re: 50th Street/8th Avenue IND Station, posted by Elkeeper on Tue Aug 27 19:51:55 2013. I found a fascinating New York Times article from February 12, 1927 that discusses how the lower level of 42nd Street, then already excavated by the contractor, would block extension of the Queensboro Route to New Jersey or the far west side.The headline is: SEES SUBWAY LINE TO JERSEY BLOCKED Forty-Second Street Group Holds Eighth Av. Platforms Will Prevent Extension TWO-LEVEL STATION A BAR Queensboro Route at Same Depth, Association Finds -- Opposes 53d Street Subway. The abstract reads: Extension of the Queensboro subway beyond Eighth Avenue to the Hudson River and ultimately to New Jersey, as favored by a number of civic organizations, will be blocked forever by the construction of a double-deck station on the Eighth Avenue subway between Fortieth and Forty-second Streets if the plans of the Board of Transportation are carried out, according to a statement issued yesterday by the Forty-second Street Property Owners' and Merchants' Association. Among the assertions in the article are: *In 1920, the Board of Transportation explained to the Board of Estimate that the route of the Queensboro Line needed to be shifted from 42nd Street to ensure that it would have an unobstructed terminus that could be extended to the far west side or New Jersey; *There was a bill in Albany to authorize the Port Authority to such a subway from the about-to-open Seventh Avenue (Times Square) station under 41st Street to the Hudson River and to New Jersey; *The 42nd Street Association said this "incident" (construction of the lower level of the 8th Avenue Line station) illustrated their "growing suspicion" of the city's subway policy; *The lower level of 42nd Street was described as being used for the southbound Queens trains; *The upcoming Board of Estimate public hearing on whether the 53rd Street line was described as a joke on the public because of all the work being done between 37th Street and 57th Street that would be useless if the 53rd Street line is not built; *The BoT's construction of lowering one track between 37th Street and 46th Street has the effect of defeating the purpose of building the Queensboro Line under 41st Street; *The Walker Administration took no action to alter the Hylan administration's of planning an independent system for municipal operation, citing the proposed 53rd Street Line's lack of connection to any north-south subway lines. This is all quite interesting. The extension of the Queensboro Line was proposed by civic groups for the Port Authority to build. The lower level of 42nd Street was for the Queens Line, as we have assumed in this thread. It would allow the Queens Line trains to get as far as 42nd Street without merging into either the local or express tracks even though connections to the local and express were built north or 42nd Street, which seems like a limited purpose given the cost. It gad the result if not the purpose of blocking the extension of the Queensboro Line. |
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