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Posted by Sand Box John on Sun Jul 6 20:44:44 2008, in response to Re: How will WMATA run 3 services on two tracks?, posted by Edwards! on Sun Jul 6 18:49:15 2008. It's a myth?Yes From every report that I've read so far stated they didn't want a subway,due to the impression they had based on NY and Philly.. Myths and urban legends tend to perpetuate themselves and start being believed to be true when they are repeated often enough. Also..since I lived in the DC area for a few years why subway construction was going on in MT PLEASENT[Green line Inner city route].. The scuttlebutt was that Georgetown snobs fought tooth and nail to keep the Subway out of their neighborhood. I lived near DUPONT CIRCLE when they were building the first phases in downtown during 1970s. I worked with Cody Phanstiehl, then Director of the Office of Community Service at WMATA conducting public tours of the construction during the years before Phase I opened. The question "Why no station in Georgetown" was asked many time after the Cody did his presentation before everybody put on hard hats before exploring the digs. There were a number of reasons given. None of them included Georgetown didn’t want a station in their community. I think part of the origin of the myth can traced back to this article that appeared in U. S. News & World Report on August 15, 1994. John in the sand box of Maryland's eastern shore. |
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