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Posted by RonInBayside on Sun Jul 23 21:26:35 2006, in response to Re: Ron's Route Suggestion of the Old Abandoned LIRR Rockaway Beach Branch, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Jul 23 20:33:49 2006. "Early form NIMBY's in the 1920's in Bushwick opposed it, and they had it built underground as the rest of the line."True statement. "They have been around since the first subways and els were built, yet they managed to get it done. I have seen propaganda sketches of horses running wild and people covered in smoke (from the steam engines), and complete chaos on the streets with a train passing overhead, when they were trying to get the els built in Manhattan in the 1800's...yet they managed to get it done. " A) You hear about the successes. What about the failures? B) No cars back then... |
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Re: Ron's Route Suggestion of the Old Abandoned LIRR Rockaway Beach Branch - RonInBayside - Sun Jul 23 21:27:37 2006 Re: Ron's Route Suggestion of the Old Abandoned LIRR Rockaway Beach Branch - NIMBYkiller - Sun Jul 23 21:53:13 2006 Re: Ron's Route Suggestion of the Old Abandoned LIRR Rockaway Beach Branch - RonInBayside - Sun Jul 23 21:54:26 2006 Re: Ron's Route Suggestion of the Old Abandoned LIRR Rockaway Beach Branch - NIMBYkiller - Sun Jul 23 22:03:08 2006
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