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Posted by Qveensboro_Plaza on Fri Feb 4 15:11:15 2011, in response to Re: 76st what happened?, posted by Randyo on Fri Feb 4 14:38:45 2011. I am very, very, very, loath even to wade into this discussion.But here is my own two cents on the possible location of stairways: If you look at the NYCDOT aerial photos from 1924 on, the blocks to the west of what is now 76 street, on the north side of Pitkin [i.e. Drew Street] houses have already been built. As opposed to the undeveloped streets to the east, which are still mostly vacant in 1951. If the city were planning a station at 76 Street, it would have made sense, IMHO, to have an exit at the western end, which was already populated. The elementary school on the southwest corner of Drew Street has ample setback space for a future subway exit. It may have been built at the same time as the subway construction. On the northwest corner, there is now a curious slight setback from the property line that does not appear in the 1924 photo. It is basically a notch to widen the sidewalk along Pitkin near the corner, but I wonder if the city had made an easement there in anticipation of a future exit. Since the houses on the north side of Pitkin/Drew were already in place when any subway construction might have taken place, I think it is worth considering the possibility that an access point to the station might actually have been constructed there, rather than at 76 or 77 streets. The problem with this theory, however, is that a four-block long concourse is highly unlikely. And if, as has been suggested, the setbacks by the commercial building at 77 Street were provisions for the eastern exit stairs, then the western ones would have most likely at Ruby Street, not Drew. But, of course, no one really knows... |
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