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Posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Fri May 17 12:16:15 2019, in response to Third Avenue EL, posted by Wallyhorse on Fri May 17 10:06:55 2019. What they SHOULD have done instead was Keep and rebuild the 2nd Ave El. This way connections to Queens & the Bronx would have been maintained & The Lex Ave crowd could ave been split up more evenly between the two lines. Instead City Hall succumbed to real estate speculator pressure & fat envelopes under the table sealing the fate of the El. In addition, no politicians had the balls (or honesty) to insist the line stay up until a full subway under 2nd Ave was built to replace it (Like done at 6th Ave & Fulton St in Brooklyn). But no. We believed the pipe dream of a 2nd Ave subway to the degree of passing a bond issue for the construction $$$ & even building protype equiptment (R11)for the line. All that $$$ was diveted...and no subway.IMO the lack of reliable mass transit on the east side was a bigger setback to the city's over all growth and inrtacity rail development than Robert Moses was. But that too is debatable. |
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