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Posted by Stephen Bauman on Thu Mar 11 23:38:13 2010, in response to Re: Myrtle Avenue El, posted by Jeff H. on Thu Mar 11 17:33:07 2010. NYC transit history unfortunately lacks comprehensive documentation. There are bits and pieces in different books, articles, etc.I can appreciate the reason for the lack of a comprehensive history. Putting newspaper morgues online makes researching a lot easier. It's not just being able to stay at home rather than spend hours at either the Brooklyn Public Library or the Brooklyn Historical Society. The biggest help is the word search. I did not have to thoroughly read three years worth of Brooklyn Eagles to find 50 relevant articles. All I did was type in Myrtle Avenue Elevated and about 250 articles came up for the time period in question. It was so easy that it was like reading a novel. In fact it was too easy because I did not bother to take notes for citing references. If they succeed in digitizing everything then doing original research should prove to be more entertaining than watching television. |
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