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Posted by SMAZ on Fri Feb 4 15:50:27 2011, in response to Re: 76st what happened?, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Fri Feb 4 15:10:31 2011. and I am still open to the possibility that more could have been built, as NEITHER theory has enough evidence.But there IS enough evidence. The old urban legends all developed before the city and other websites made those historical aerial photos available. While skeptical, I was just as open-minded as you on the possibilities, especially considering that weird yard on the NW corner of Pitkin/76 next to that building. Those pics put all such speculation to rest. Once you get past the dip after Elderts, any tunnel would not have been deep without diving steeply, especially with the yard lead tracks going over/under the main tracks. Such a dramatic incline would have started much west of there in the tunnel area still accessible. Instead, in reality the trackway would have most likely been just a few feet below the natural street level. A mezzanine would have been just a few below the raised street level with utilities over that. Knowing this, the 1951 pic of the section between Ruby and 77th would have exposed any station superstructure (the mezzanine roof) sticking out from the sides of Pitkin, considering that the empty lots there drop by multiple feet below the raised Pitkin and there is even foundation construction on the SW corner of 76/Pitkin. You can see that the contours of the houses there perfectly match those foundations in later pics, including the space for driveways. If the City were to one day make available pictures of construction not going much past Elderts Lane, the 76ers will say that construction beyond hadn't yet started (or was already finished) or come up with more excuses to keep believing. It's like with Birthers or Truthers. No matter how much evidence is presented to them, they will come up with some other reason to push their belief beyond the bounds of rational forensic proof. my analysis OTOH, is a point by point breakdown of why there cannot be a station there. |
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