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Posted by sloth on Thu Feb 3 23:55:19 2011, in response to Re: 76st what happened?, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Feb 2 07:35:37 2011. However, one of the interesting elevation features in the area is the drop in Pitkin between Elderts and Forbell. This seems to correspond with where A7 and A8 would descend to meet the tracks below, kind of like the hill over Rogers Jct on Eastern Parkway. I don't remember how far the existence of the tracks under Pitkin could be proven, but that hill on Pitkin-- there isn't a corresponding one on Glenmore, 1 block north-- seems to indicate that the tunnel extends to Forbell or perhaps Drew. That puts us 1 or 1.5 blocks from the western end of the station, which I tend to believe in most days.I remember reading that there were NYCTA manhole covers on Pitkin at one point, and an old list of emergency exits might be very interesting to see as well. I think A7 and A8 might hold the key to this mystery if there was any way of getting into them from above, past where they're walled off. I have a friend who grew up at Pitkin & 79th, though his family wasn't there when this was being constructed, and anyone who would have been there would be very old by now. |
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