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Re: May 11, 1975. . .Try a new a new theory |
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Posted by RonInBayside on Mon May 14 12:44:47 2007, in response to Re: May 11, 1975. . .Try a new a new theory, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon May 14 11:27:55 2007. "I often wonder if the demolition of this el was DESIGNED to destroy Jamaica and force it's shoppers elsewhere, like Green Acres, which had a brand new Macy's IIRC."That might make sense as a motivation for Macy's to push for demolishing the El. If thatwere the case, and if we assume that many other merchants in the area were less politically savvy (ie more naive), Macy's, Gertz and a couple of others could have sold the merchants some bullshit story, promised them (whatever empty promise) to get them to sign on to an effort to convince the TA to rip down the El faster. Having gotten the merchants together on this effort, signing on the dotted line, here's where the TA chairman, being an ex-Macy executive, is synpathetic and helps seal the deal. There's no way he could do that by himself or just with Macy's behind it, but if a majority on Jamaica Av said "do it" and told dissenting merchants to "stfu" then the local elected officials would say "we have a consensus here" and gave MTA the green light. That would be a plausible chain of events. "Racism also played a minor role, IMHO. Jamaica became more and more black through the 1960's." Agreed. |
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