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Posted by randyo on Sun Aug 11 15:53:07 2013, in response to Re: Seinfeld Subway Episode, posted by tunnelrat on Sun Aug 11 10:10:49 2013. I have my theory about that and have posted it here several times. It is documented that 174 St Yd in upper Manh was built by the Board of Ed rather than the B of T since the yd was to be directly beneath PS 173 which was being built at that location just prior to the start of iND subway construction in that area. In order to avoid having the school underpinned for subway construction, the yard was constructed by the Board of Ed first and the school built,on top of it so that the rest of the subway merely had to be connected to it at the appropriate time. Several people have reported on this thread that construction in the area of 76/Pitkin was seen in the late 1940s but those who saw it didn't know what it was for. It is also apparent from looking at several maps of the area over the years that Pitkin Av did not go through prior to the 1940s but ended at Ruby St (or 76 St on the Qns side) and around that time was through routed with South Rd which is why Pitkin curves slightly south around 78 St. Taking all these situations into consideration, it is highly likely that the 76 St station shell was constructed as part of a general upgrading of the area which included installation of sewer pipes and the through routing of Pitkin Av which was done under departments other than the B of T such as Dept of Water Supply Gas and Electricity and the Boro Pres office which at the time was responsible for street paving and maintenance. If such were the case, it would explain why there are no actual B of T or NYCTA records of the station construction and since the B of T by 1951 had already decided not to extend the subway farther but build Liberty Jct for the Fulton El instead, what ever construction had been completed by that time was just abandoned and eventually sealed. In conjunction with this as I also mentioned, the city give at the time was highly corrupt and it may have been that the B of T did not want the station shell constructed but it was partially completed anyhow as part of some financial coverup. |
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