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Posted by MainR3664 on Thu Oct 20 07:40:27 2011, in response to Re: Lexington Ave. el & Pratt Institute campus, posted by jan k. lorenzen on Wed Oct 19 17:34:37 2011. Well, it was short-sighted thinking on the TA's part that the neighborhood would never come back. I'm quite sure that had the Myrtle El survived, it would be a vital part of the transporation network. Outside of Manhattan, I don't think any neighborhoods were "improved" by removal of elevated trains/subways- and, as we've discussed, many or most declined even further.It's difficult to say how much of this is cause and effect, or just coincidence. Perhaps 2nd and 3rd Aves in Manhattan could have come up, eventually, even with the Els in place, and maybe Third Ave (Bronx), Central Brooklyn, and Jamaica would have still gone donw with the Els in place. But I've never understood how making an area LESS accesible makes it better. Back in September, we talked a lot about the loss of the East end of the Jamaica El. While I'm generally not one to cite racism, I can't help but thinking that Macy's, Mays, etc in the 1970s were really trying to cut the "wrong" people out of the neighborhood and bring in the "right" people. I myself would probably qualify as the "right" kind of shopper in their minds, but that doesn't mean I can't recognize a wrong (no quotes) when I see it. |
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