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Posted by D to E to Jamaica on Sat Sep 11 18:25:47 2010, in response to Re: 9/10/77, posted by streetcarman1 on Sat Sep 11 16:53:56 2010. If you understand what was really happening at the time....you'd say.....oh..now I get it......Jamaica was going through the same economic downturn as Hempstead, LI. But locations had major anchor stores for many years. Both were the place to be to shop for alot of different things. Then THEY CAME. As more and more shoppers had cars, they become MOBILE. Then the MALLS came and they were able to lure shoppers away from these "centers of shopping." The anchors stores could not complete. Parking was limited. Malls has alot of parking to offer shoppers. So down went Jamaica and down went Hempstead. In an effort to reverse course, the city deceided to chop down part of the Jamaica EL so that "new light" could be shed onto the declining business area. Now in 2010, everything has changed. Anchor stores are coming back into the Parson Blvd/Jamaica Ave area. I've seen more new apartment buildings being built in the area. If you go further down Jamaica Ave. you'll see new multi-family structures where there never was in the past. Times change and demographics change as well. True. What surprises me on any given weekend you can see out of town buses laid up on Merrick Blvd. near the bus terminal letting out people to shop! During the pre-Z J train skip-stop service how could you tell which train was which? I never saw a train with an "A" or "B" sign. If anyone have pics of that, please post them, or point me in the right direction. |
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