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Re: Fulton Street El Express Service |
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Posted by randyo on Tue Feb 14 20:01:43 2006, in response to Re: Fulton Street El Express Service, posted by daDouce Man on Tue Feb 7 02:14:29 2006. If you take a look at the history of the dual contract lines, you'll notice that many of the streets we now refer to as "boulevards" were originally avenues. The ones that to come to mind right now are: Ditmars Blvd, Astoria Blvd, Junction Blvd, and of course, Lefferts Blvd. All of these streets were designated as aves when the lines they are on were originally built. Why the BMT insisted on leaving Lefferts as "Ave" on the station signs and train signe even when the Multis were ordered, I haven't a clue. What I do recall is that on the A Line, the train service signs for new service originally read "Trains to Lefferts Ave." and the word "Ave" was covered over with a paste on sign reading "Blvd" The reason that I noticed this was that at Euclid Ave, the typeface on the paste on was slightly different from the rest of the sign. |
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