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Re: [PHOTOS:] PITKIN AVE-- PROFF?? (Was - Re: Fulton Street Subway)

Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon May 8 09:15:46 2023, in response to Re: [PHOTOS:] PITKIN AVE-- PROFF?? (Was - Re: Fulton Street Subway), posted by Asgard on Fri May 5 15:22:27 2023.

To add: construction ended abruptly in spring 1942....without planning. It is highly conceivable that all the "unlikely" construction noted here was complete with the very intention to continue as planned as soon as the government allowed. So wall facing signals and uncommon tunnel ending construction proves nothing.

A lot changed between 1942 and 1945. Roosevelt was dead. New Deal financial support from the Federal government was dead. The federal government had huge war debts to pay back and massive overseas responsibilities with respect to rebuilding a war ravaged Europe and Asia. Prewar subway expansions were DOA. This could not be foreseen in 1941.

And to end this silliness, if there were a 76th St station and tunnel down there, it would most likely have been retained for additional crossover and layup potential. We see this elsewhere, like at Church Ave and north of 168th St, where infrastructure built for planned lines long since cancelled was put to use.

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