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Posted by Randyo on Mon Jan 31 14:36:19 2011, in response to Re: 76st what happened?, posted by SMAZ on Mon Jan 31 07:56:13 2011. Depending on the timeline for the realignment of Pitkin and Old South Rd together with the possible construction of the subway in that area probably wouldn't have raised any eyebrows especially since from the 1924 photo, there were few if any houses in the immediate area. I traced along Pitkin Av using Google Earth and the houses that are along Pitkin Av in that area where the station would be are of relatively new style construction and were definitely not there when the subway was being built and in all likelihood did not go up until the 1960s after George Abere and I walked the area the first time in 1962. Many of the houses themselves are set back from the sidewalks along Pitkin possibly lending credence to the presence of something under the surface that might have precluded construction closer to the sidewalk area. What I noticed both from Google earth and from personal visits to the area within the past 6 years is that the manhole cover that was stamped "Independent Subway System" located in the middle of Pitkin between Grant and Eldert Lane in 1983 was no longer there since the street had been repaved and all evidence of the manhole had been removed. |
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