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Re: Bus Map History: 1969 Manhattan Bus Map (1969 Staten Island Map here) |
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Posted by Michael549 on Mon Jun 26 10:33:50 2017, in response to Re: Bus Map History: 1969 Manhattan Bus Map (1969 Staten Island Map here), posted by Dan on Sun Jun 25 19:35:02 2017. According to Wikipedia:"Construction, however, did not commence until 1970 and while the grand opening was in 1973, some stores (such as a supermarket) opened on the site much earlier, and were in full operation as early as the summer of 1970, probably earlier. Anchor tenants in later years included Macy's, and Sears. The mall's original developer was Feist and Feist Realty Corp. When the Rouse Company acquired the mall in 1980 they remodeled the mall by adding additional escalators to the six that were working at the time the mall opened, plus additional trees and several new fountains throughout the mall." In the map that you sent there is no indication of the Staten Island Mall even if it existed in some form when the map was printed. One would have to know that the Staten Island Mall was located on Richmond Avenue and use the #4 bus. (On the PDF map it would be in the middle between - south of the Willowbrook State School Road turn-around, and north of the Arthur Kill Road notation. In any case, I thank you for presenting the bus maps. It is interesting taking a look "back" in time. For example, I did not know that there was a Staten Island Airport - that was what existed on the site that the Staten Island Mall would later be built upon. Mike |
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