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Posted by jan k. lorenzen on Wed Mar 10 11:14:09 2010, in response to Re: Myrtle Avenue El, posted by Stephen Bauman on Wed Mar 10 00:02:23 2010. Great bit o research there, Steven! Thanks. Most of what I have gathered was either anecdotal from my jurassic Brooklyn transit mentors or from the previously published bits. I don't have access to the Brooklyn Eagle or New York Times archives yet, but now being online they will prove to be a resource for further research on the early day Brooklyn transit historical info using the writings of that time.After having lived and worked right there on the site of all this activity 80 to 100 years later, I'm astounded at the "forgotten-ness" of that intersection and much of the streets over there. The concentration of activity in such a small area must've been intense and construction frantic considering it was mostly done by hand and in a densely populated area over a pretty short period of time. The major changes made are pretty interesting to follow along 120 years later. At the time it must have seemed like a constant cacophany of humans, heavy iron, wood and steam. |
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