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Way, way back in August 2004 I did a page called Postcards from Down Under in which I showed off some postcards from the subway’s early days from 1904-1910. While my hard drive was in for repairs in May 2012, I was looking around in the collection for something to post (my recent photos were [...]
Categorized in: Subways & Trains Tagged with: subways
Look at any street map of Borough Park that includes subways and you will see that the BMT West End line travels in a right of way north of 39th Street, turns south at 9th Avenue and then along an elevated line down New Utrecht Avenue to 86th Street, then along Stillwell Avenue to Coney Island. Except [...]
Categorized in: Forgotten Slices Tagged with: 10th Avenue subways
Insurance attorney Lawrence Rogak of Oceanside, Long Island, has been collecting old signs and NYC arcana for many years. Recently, he invited your webmaster to his law office for a tour of the collection. MTA roll signs are mounted throughout the office. They are from the 1967-1978 period when color coding was first used in [...]
