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Posted by randyo on Sat May 21 22:22:06 2016, in response to Re: Whitehall to Court Street, posted by Wallyhorse on Sat May 21 20:30:25 2016. Even if it had been though of, making the connection at the time would have been complicated and prohibitively expensive. Remember at the time the original plan was developed, the IND was a tool of Mayor Hylan specifically intended to put the BMT and probably also the IRT out of business. Since the Dual Contract subways were city property only operated by the private companies , Hylan had no scruples about reclaiming potions of the BMT for city operation. By the time the WTC was built, the city had taken over the privates and the entire system was under MTA operation so there was really no political reason to follow through with many of the IND second system proposals. Such a connection while useful was deemed unnecessary. |
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