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Re: Lexington Ave. el & Pratt Institute campus |
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Posted by Stephen Bauman on Thu Oct 20 10:30:13 2011, in response to Re: Lexington Ave. el & Pratt Institute campus, posted by MainR3664 on Thu Oct 20 07:48:37 2011. But the owners of Macy & Mays,...The fight was led by Macy's. Macy's closed their Jamaica store a couple of weeks after El service was discontinued. Their motive in spearheading the "tear down the El" campaign isn't difficult to discern. Macy's had opened a store on Queens Blvd in Elmhurst. They had decided the new store would be their Queens presence. Jamaica was still a thriving shopping area at that time, with Gertz being the prime destination. They knew they would kill Jamaica as a shopping destination by severing its transportation link with its customer base. |
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