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Posted by jan k. lorenzen on Sun Oct 16 23:39:06 2011, in response to Lexington Ave. el & Pratt Institute campus, posted by Joe on Sun Oct 16 22:02:05 2011. The campus was created in the mid 50's by knocking down the buildings that were between the East Building (power plant) and Dekalb, and the Engineering Bldg and what is now Pratt Studios (a former factory bldg) on Grand/Dekalb and the brownstones that faced the library between Higgins Hall and South Hall. The Lex ran right though it all on Grand.My History of Design professor John Pyle had started teaching at Pratt in the late 40's and showed us pictures of the Lex as it ran between East and Engineering Bldgs from his classroom in East Bldg. and then time interval pics of the el being dismantled. He described being regularly interrupted by the passing el trains with some amused resignation, and joked that he would set up his lectures to work around the noise and vibration. I beleive the Pratt Library has these photos in the collection, along with slides taken during the mid-50's demolition to make the campus. Up until recently, the foundations of the el pillars left their marks on Grand Walk. There are manholes in a concrete patch where the sidewalk once was in front of the Engineering Bldg with "NYCTS" cast on the covers where the feeds once were. I understand they were live for quite some time, maybe even now. |
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