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Re: May 11, 1975. . .End of the Culver shuttle |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Sat May 12 12:40:05 2007, in response to Re: May 11, 1975. . .End of the Culver shuttle, posted by RonInBayside on Fri May 11 22:50:41 2007. You are wrong, as usual. It was Mays and Gertz which led the charge for el abandonment. Even after the Archer Ave. line was proposed, they used all their political muscle to get the el closed quickly. That's why it was truncated twice, the first being the section east of Sutphin, the section of Jamaica these people cared about. The smaller stores actually fought to keep the el, at least until the new subway was ready. Gertz closed their Jamaica store even before the el was closed, Macy's a couple of weeks after and Mays held on until 1980 or so. After that, Old Jamaica slowly died. It's a minor miracle it was able to hold on and come back somewhat in the 1990's. |
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