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Re: BMT Canarsie Line history question. |
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Posted by New Flyer #857 on Wed May 27 09:25:20 2020, in response to Re: BMT Canarsie Line history question., posted by SLRT on Wed May 27 09:09:37 2020. I think as long as there are "before and after" pictures, there's always a chance of someone getting interested in the history of, for example, the elevateds of Brooklyn. When I first heard as a child that 5th Ave Brooklyn had an elevated, I immediately asked my grandparents, etc., who said they rode on it, everything they could tell me. It was totally natural curiosity to want to know where the tracks went once 5th Ave ended (near Flatbush) and why it was torn down.Still, other than those momentary questions, history wasn't even close to being my favorite subject in school. Yet only a few years after finishing with my schooling it's become much more fascinating for me. I think history itself is always going to be biased toward an older crowd because I think the older you get, the more aptly you see yourself as part of something bigger (as opposed to as a child when it's all about you). (Note: I speak in very, very general terms). |
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