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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Dec 8 20:53:29 2010, in response to Re: Queensboro Bridge renamed, posted by Fred G on Wed Dec 8 20:24:04 2010. I think it should have remained New York International Airport. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Dec 8 20:54:26 2010, in response to Re: Queensboro Bridge renamed, posted by SMAZ on Wed Dec 8 15:56:14 2010. I totally agree. I am not too fond of them changing historic names to dead politicians either, but certainly not living. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Dec 8 20:55:39 2010, in response to Re: Queensboro Bridge renamed, posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Dec 8 06:43:44 2010. I am sick of this crap too, and I really like Koch! |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Dec 8 20:57:04 2010, in response to Re: Queensboro Bridge renamed, posted by BrooklynBus on Wed Dec 8 19:21:10 2010. I totally agree! I have no problem with them naming NEW things after politicians, but this changing names of existing historic structures has gone too far. |
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Posted by Fred G on Wed Dec 8 21:13:22 2010, in response to Re: Queensboro Bridge renamed, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Dec 8 20:53:29 2010. Too late now.your pal, Fred |
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Re: 59th Street Bridge renamed |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Dec 8 22:34:19 2010, in response to Re: 59th Street Bridge renamed, posted by Jeff Rosen on Wed Dec 8 18:51:22 2010. Then the Queensborough Bridge should be called the Queensborough Bridge Plaza Bridge. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Dec 8 22:37:45 2010, in response to Re: 59th Street Bridge renamed, posted by SMAZ on Wed Dec 8 16:03:06 2010. I don't remember historical signage. All of the stations that I saw (granted, I did not see that many stations) already had the Unimark signage. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Dec 8 22:38:11 2010, in response to Re: 59th Street Bridge renamed, posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Dec 8 22:37:45 2010. I should add that I was born less than 30 years ago. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Dec 8 22:41:04 2010, in response to Re: 59th Street Bridge renamed, posted by Olog-hai on Wed Dec 8 11:22:27 2010. They should rename the oil drums of Moon Achee after him. |
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Posted by Easy on Wed Dec 8 22:42:03 2010, in response to Re: 59th Street Bridge renamed, posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Dec 8 09:32:17 2010. I'm under 45 and I owned a CB radio. I never talked on it though. Just listened.And as of just 10 years ago truckers still used CB radios. Probably still do because they are free to use. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Dec 8 22:44:00 2010, in response to Re: 59th Street Bridge renamed, posted by Easy on Wed Dec 8 22:42:03 2010. I wanted to qualify it "and don't drive a truck," but I figured it was already hyperbole. |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Wed Dec 8 22:46:42 2010, in response to Re: 59th Street Bridge renamed, posted by Easy on Wed Dec 8 22:42:03 2010. Did your CB cause interference with the radio and television in the house? |
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Posted by Easy on Wed Dec 8 22:48:25 2010, in response to Re: 59th Street Bridge renamed, posted by LuchAAA on Wed Dec 8 22:46:42 2010. Not that I can recall. It was just a small handheld one that only had a range of maybe a mile. Maybe two. |
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Posted by BrooklynBus on Wed Dec 8 23:33:11 2010, in response to Re: Queensboro Bridge renamed, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Dec 8 20:54:26 2010. They won't even name a street for a living person, so why a bridge? |
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Posted by Osmosis Jones on Wed Dec 8 23:36:01 2010, in response to Re: 59th Street Bridge renamed, posted by BMTLines on Wed Dec 8 09:49:52 2010. If it makes you feel better neither can the MTA. |
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Posted by SMAZ on Thu Dec 9 00:07:30 2010, in response to Re: 59th Street Bridge renamed, posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Dec 8 22:34:19 2010. nahhh....it should be called the Jane St Bridge. |
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Posted by SMAZ on Thu Dec 9 00:08:35 2010, in response to Re: 59th Street Bridge renamed, posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Dec 8 22:38:11 2010. That's around the time they changed them.Late 70's-Mid 80's more or less. |
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Posted by BMTLines on Thu Dec 9 00:43:16 2010, in response to Re: 59th Street Bridge renamed, posted by SMAZ on Wed Dec 8 16:03:06 2010. BMT, IRT and IND signage was still very prominent through the late 1970's / early 80's. Although platform signs had been modernized many of the entrances still had the familiar white on blue or white on green enamel signs dating back to the 1930's or earlier. Many IRT station entrances still read: "Interborough Rapid Transit Company" |
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Posted by Billy P. on Thu Dec 9 02:38:36 2010, in response to Re: Queensboro Bridge renamed, posted by SMAZ on Wed Dec 8 15:56:14 2010. "They should name the Hunters Av Bridge after either me or you."Or maybe the Borden Ave. bridge. Then maybe the construction on it will finally get finished. |
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Re: Borden Avenue Bridge |
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Posted by Doctor B on Thu Dec 9 06:29:18 2010, in response to Re: Queensboro Bridge renamed, posted by Billy P. on Thu Dec 9 02:38:36 2010. DOT tells me Jan 2011 reopening. A six-month job has taken two years.Not really their fault for the long delay. If you've been over there for a look, they aren't working on the bridge at all. It is the west abutment getting rebuilt. The roadway sunk so low that Q67's were scraping bottom as they headed eastbound. Excavating the west foundation, they found a whole mishmash of stuff "down there" and as of last week they were still driving piles. |
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Posted by Newkirk Images on Thu Dec 9 07:55:32 2010, in response to Re: Queensboro Bridge renamed, posted by Fred G on Wed Dec 8 04:20:58 2010. I predict it will be slanged into "The Cock Bridge".I once heard that the name Koch is Polish and correctly pronounced as "Coke". Is this true ? Bill Newkirk |
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Posted by Fred G on Thu Dec 9 07:59:33 2010, in response to Re: Queensboro Bridge renamed, posted by Newkirk Images on Thu Dec 9 07:55:32 2010. It's German and pronounced with that German "ch" that's sounds like a hairball and the o sounds almost like the "a" in "walk" It literally means "cook" and is an ancient name.your pal, Fred |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Thu Dec 9 11:49:46 2010, in response to Re: Queensboro Bridge renamed, posted by Newkirk Images on Thu Dec 9 07:55:32 2010. Like Heckler and Koch, the gun company. |
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Posted by SMAZ on Thu Dec 9 15:47:00 2010, in response to Re: 59th Street Bridge renamed, posted by BMTLines on Thu Dec 9 00:43:16 2010. BMT, IRT and IND signage was still very prominent through the late 1970's / early 80's. Although platform signs had been modernized many of the entrances still had the familiar white on blue or white on green enamel signs dating back to the 1930's or earlier. Many IRT station entrances still read: "Interborough Rapid Transit Company"Yeah I remember them and liked them. I remember the Astoria El having the "BMT Broadway Local" signs on the station stairwells. |
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Posted by BMTLines on Thu Dec 9 17:25:57 2010, in response to Re: 59th Street Bridge renamed, posted by SMAZ on Thu Dec 9 15:47:00 2010. The signs on the side of the stairwells of the Hoyt Avenue station were even more interesting. The BMT Lines description was painted over the original IRT enamel sign. If you let the light hit the sign just right you could read the lettering underneath which included the IRT services to Times Square as well as a description of the Second Avenue El services. |
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Posted by SMAZ on Thu Dec 9 17:30:51 2010, in response to Re: 59th Street Bridge renamed, posted by BMTLines on Thu Dec 9 17:25:57 2010. I do remember those signs being more intricate. Same as QB Plaza upon crossing the pedestrian overpass on QP South. I don't remember reading them in detail though. I was a kid and they were part of the scenery. |
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Posted by G1Ravage on Thu Dec 9 19:47:15 2010, in response to Re: 59th Street Bridge renamed, posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Dec 8 22:34:19 2010. Take the Bridge to the Fridge |
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Posted by G1Ravage on Thu Dec 9 19:49:57 2010, in response to Re: Queensboro Bridge renamed, posted by Jeff Rosen on Wed Dec 8 08:15:28 2010. Because they expect them to die soon. |
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Posted by G1Ravage on Thu Dec 9 20:11:25 2010, in response to Queensboro Bridge renamed, posted by Doctor B on Wed Dec 8 04:19:08 2010. You.Have. Got. To. Be. Kidding. Me. |
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Posted by Fred G on Thu Dec 9 20:22:03 2010, in response to Re: Queensboro Bridge renamed, posted by G1Ravage on Thu Dec 9 20:11:25 2010. Hahahaha. If you haven't already, read the thread. There's some funny shit.your pal, Fred |
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Posted by gp38/r42 chris on Thu Dec 9 22:24:38 2010, in response to Re: Queensboro Bridge renamed, posted by JayZeeBMT on Wed Dec 8 08:21:49 2010. an aircraft carrier is not a historic structure with a historic name for 100+ years |
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Posted by Grand Concourse on Thu Dec 9 23:19:17 2010, in response to Re: Queensboro Bridge renamed, posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Dec 8 06:43:44 2010. Agreed! More money wasted to rename existing bridges. |
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Posted by Grand Concourse on Thu Dec 9 23:19:47 2010, in response to Re: Queensboro Bridge renamed, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Dec 8 20:57:04 2010. Agreed. |
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Posted by Grand Concourse on Thu Dec 9 23:20:32 2010, in response to Re: Queensboro Bridge renamed, posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Dec 8 07:51:06 2010. Agreed. |
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Posted by Grand Concourse on Thu Dec 9 23:22:18 2010, in response to Re: 59th Street Bridge renamed, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Dec 8 12:55:33 2010. Same here. |
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Posted by Grand Concourse on Thu Dec 9 23:25:43 2010, in response to Re: 59th Street Bridge renamed, posted by SMAZ on Wed Dec 8 16:11:26 2010. lol |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Wed Mar 23 00:38:09 2011, in response to Re: 59th Street Bridge renamed, posted by BMTLines on Wed Dec 8 08:11:09 2010. I still agree with you.So does 1010 WINS. The lady doing their traffic reports has been saying "59th Street Bridge" for two straight nights. |
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Posted by R30A on Wed Mar 23 00:41:58 2011, in response to Re: 59th Street Bridge renamed, posted by BMTLines on Wed Dec 8 08:48:28 2010. Real New Yorkers call it the Queensboro Bridge.People who call it the 59th street bridge are almost old enough to be considered New Amsterdamers. |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Wed Mar 23 00:48:17 2011, in response to Re: 59th Street Bridge renamed, posted by R30A on Wed Mar 23 00:41:58 2011. "Queensboro" is a community college and the brand name of a dairy.59th St Bridge is what I prefer. |
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Posted by jimmymc25 on Wed Mar 23 01:23:03 2011, in response to Re: Queensboro Bridge renamed, posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Dec 8 06:43:44 2010. I agree 100%!Jimmymc25 |
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Posted by Kew Gardens Teleport on Wed Mar 23 06:14:17 2011, in response to Re: 59th Street Bridge renamed, posted by Fred G on Wed Dec 8 09:19:14 2010. Yes, it pwns the Canal Street Bridge. |
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The Google Bridge (Re: Queensboro Bridge renamed) |
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Posted by Mitch45 on Wed Mar 23 07:53:12 2011, in response to Queensboro Bridge renamed, posted by Doctor B on Wed Dec 8 04:19:08 2010. If they're going to rename these iconic structures, they might as well get corporate sponsors for them and reduce the tolls. I wouldn't mind the Triboro being renamed "the Google Bridge" if it meant that Google would pay $50 million or so for the naming rights and drivers could get some relief from that $6.50 tax, er, toll. |
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Posted by BMTLines on Wed Mar 23 08:14:47 2011, in response to The Google Bridge (Re: Queensboro Bridge renamed), posted by Mitch45 on Wed Mar 23 07:53:12 2011. It would not matter if they had corporate sponsors for the bridges because they would NEVER reduce the tolls. The bridge tolls have nothing to do with the amount of money needed to maintain the bridge - the excess is used to subsidize transit operations. The tolls are already 4 - 5 TIMES what they need to be if bridge maintenance was all they paid for |
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Re: The Google Bridge (Re: Queensboro Bridge renamed) |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Mar 23 10:09:30 2011, in response to Re: The Google Bridge (Re: Queensboro Bridge renamed), posted by BMTLines on Wed Mar 23 08:14:47 2011. IAWTP! |
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Posted by RIPTA42HopeTunnel on Wed Mar 23 10:21:39 2011, in response to Re: 59th Street Bridge renamed, posted by Fred G on Wed Dec 8 09:19:14 2010. Haha, I like photographing on the Delancey Street Bridge.Proff that renamings don't always take hold - you didn't call it the Jacob Schiff Parkway Bridge. |
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Posted by RIPTA42HopeTunnel on Wed Mar 23 10:22:19 2011, in response to Re: 59th Street Bridge renamed, posted by BMTLines on Wed Dec 8 08:11:09 2010. The popular name that true New Yorkers use is and always will be the "59th Street Bridge".That's so Manhattocentrist. |
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Posted by RIPTA42HopeTunnel on Wed Mar 23 10:23:48 2011, in response to Re: 59th Street Bridge renamed, posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Dec 8 09:32:17 2010. Well, there's your explanation. People under 45 don't know what a CB radio is and don't know what the IND, IRT and BMT are unless they're railfans.I have heard the BQE over Newtown Creek referred to by its popular CB term, "the Polish Water Gap." |
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Posted by italianstallion on Wed Mar 23 11:51:38 2011, in response to Re: 59th Street Bridge renamed, posted by R30A on Wed Mar 23 00:41:58 2011. I agree. I'm over 60 and grew up in Astoria. Always called it the Queensboro. |
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Posted by Mitch45 on Wed Mar 23 16:35:40 2011, in response to Re: The Google Bridge (Re: Queensboro Bridge renamed), posted by BMTLines on Wed Mar 23 08:14:47 2011. If that's true, then why have tolls at all? Just raise taxes and use the extra money to subsidize transit. Why make people go through all that fuss with the EZ Pass and the cash lanes and the traffic backups approaching toll booths? |
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Re: The Google Bridge (Re: Queensboro Bridge renamed) |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Wed Mar 23 16:40:15 2011, in response to Re: The Google Bridge (Re: Queensboro Bridge renamed), posted by Mitch45 on Wed Mar 23 16:35:40 2011. If that's true, then why have tolls at all? Just raise taxes and use the extra money to subsidize transit Uh huh. That's not a simple question. Why make people go through all that fuss with the EZ Pass and the cash lanes and the traffic backups approaching toll booths? What fuss with E-ZPass? And you're aware that we are moving towards open-road tolling, with traditional cash lanes and tollbooths going away, right? In the case of bridges, it is entirely possible to move the capacity constraint from the tollbooths to the bridge itself. The MTA is starting down that road with the gateless tolling experiment at the Henry Hudson Bridge (which will soon be cashless as well). |
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