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Posted by Wallyhorse on Sat Oct 4 20:11:59 2014, in response to Re: Third Avenue right after the el, posted by randyo on Sat Oct 4 19:40:20 2014. They also didn't have the foresight to see the needs of the future.What the real estate lobby failed to realize is if the El had remained on 3rd Avenue, the building that did take place would have anyway, albeit most likely slower than it did. Of course, the 3rd Avenue El would have had to undergo a massive rebuild starting around 1960 or so, lasting well into the '70s (including The Bronx portion that did survive until 1973). This as noted before likely would have included at the very least consolidating stations and lengthening platforms to accommodate 10 or 11 car trains (if IRT) or 600' trains (if converted to BMT/IND). |
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