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Posted by randyo on Mon Nov 12 16:25:19 2018, in response to W.B.'s Rail Almanac for November 12th, posted by W.B. on Mon Nov 12 04:02:00 2018. Intersting. I never knew that CPW was ever one way. |
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Posted by W.B. on Mon Nov 12 16:54:36 2018, in response to Re: W.B.'s Rail Almanac for November 12th, posted by randyo on Mon Nov 12 16:25:19 2018. Not only that, but it was widened when the Eighth Avenue subway was being built. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Nov 12 16:56:13 2018, in response to Re: W.B.'s Rail Almanac for November 12th, posted by W.B. on Mon Nov 12 16:54:36 2018. It was widened when the streetcar tracks were removed, with the street widened onto the former streetcar ROW. It was not actually widened. |
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Posted by W.B. on Mon Nov 12 16:59:03 2018, in response to Re: W.B.'s Rail Almanac for November 12th, posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Nov 12 16:56:13 2018. Ah. Must've read it wrong, or it was badly written.But I did see a pic of SB traffic along CPW when the streetcars still ruled along Columbus Circle. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Nov 12 17:23:47 2018, in response to Re: W.B.'s Rail Almanac for November 12th, posted by W.B. on Mon Nov 12 16:59:03 2018. CPW was in-fact one way prior to the widening.It’s ironic that it was actually the first one way avenue, and is presently two way where most avenues have become one way. |
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Posted by randyo on Tue Nov 13 01:34:31 2018, in response to Re: W.B.'s Rail Almanac for November 12th, posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Nov 12 17:23:47 2018. It sounds a lot like Prospect Park West in Bkln. |
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Posted by Avid Reader on Tue Nov 13 13:24:31 2018, in response to Re: W.B.'s Rail Almanac for November 12th, posted by W.B. on Mon Nov 12 16:59:03 2018. Is this what you think you saw?Columbus Circle 1912. Just above the Circle is one of President TRUMP's Properties, One Central Park West!! A later Post Card, showing trolleys around Columbus Circlw. |
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Posted by W.B. on Tue Nov 13 14:15:38 2018, in response to Re: W.B.'s Rail Almanac for November 12th, posted by Avid Reader on Tue Nov 13 13:24:31 2018. Too early. The pic I saw was one taken around the 1920's or early '30's, in a book of lost NYC streetcars. |
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