Silverspike: It's hoagie not hoggie. Subs (short for submarine-sandwhich because of their shape) are generally 12" long.
And as I remember Beriliners, they were jelly-filled dougnuts sprinkled with sugar, (I lived in Germany for 25 years).
About 20 years ago , they resurfaced our main street in Glens Falls,NY, (aka "Hometown, USA" during WW II - made it into Life magazine).
They scraped off the asphalt, (about 12"), down to the original yellow brick pavement which still had streetcar tracks embedded in it. The car barn for one of the trolly companies still stands on a nearby street, (it's now an office furniture store). The streetcars were gone here by the late forties.
Jay
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In a short answer to your question, yes and no. Depending on how modern the industrial district is, electric and phone lines may still be on poles. Concrete pipes for storm sewers and even sewers, water maybe in old clay pipes or steel, gas in steel, red pipe would come from older buildings as sewer lines.
Some districs had an alley behind the whole block, so electric and phone lines were in back.
Streets could be quite thick as asphalt/blacktop covered old concrete or cobblestone/ brick paving and even covered up old trolley tracks and rail sidings if they were nearby.
A sinkhole could be done by digging out about a half inch deep by one inch wide hole and partially submerge a car in it, add muddy colored resin water or thin plaster, paint muddy color and coat with varnish. Just bury half the car,
A gas leak would involve gas company trucks, utility boxed pick ups, utility boxed ton and a halves, a back hoe, and at least ten supervisors. If it's a large leak, add firetrucks, emt vehicles, and police.
Telescoping utility trucks (electric and phone have been around since at least sixties.
Also known as a "Hero" in the New York City area, and purveyed at "Subway" and "Quisnos". One for dietary reasons with less FAT and the other for more meat. Hmm strange names for the same things!
How about "Dr. Strangelove's Famous Snake Bite Oil" factory!
Will
Yes, a sub is a sandwich made with bread similar to a French baguette!
Other names for this popular type of sandwich are:
Grinder / Po-Boy / Submarine / Hoggie
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rrebell wrote:Strangeloves could be a sub shop as in some parts of the country subs are called bombs!!!!
Um!
Now I need another explanation...
What's a sub? Is it a huge filled bread roll like a baguette? If so, would it have been around in the 80s or is it one of these modern new-fangled things? OR?
Dave-the-Train wrote: For the benefit of those that appreciate the full meaning of JFK's speach in Berlin I'm planning a doughnut stand called "Kennedy's" with a whole queue of black-and-whites lined up... For those that need to have it explained to them like I did a "Berliner" is not a resident of Berlin but a German ring doughnut... with nothing in the middle. Nothing especially political... I just love irony. For those of you who love the films of that era I am also having "Kissoff's"... either a dentist or surplus military store - haven't decided yet. I can't figure out what business "Strangelove" would be in... an MD doesn't get a big enough sign.
For the benefit of those that appreciate the full meaning of JFK's speach in Berlin I'm planning a doughnut stand called "Kennedy's" with a whole queue of black-and-whites lined up...
For those that need to have it explained to them like I did a "Berliner" is not a resident of Berlin but a German ring doughnut... with nothing in the middle.
Nothing especially political... I just love irony.
For those of you who love the films of that era I am also having "Kissoff's"... either a dentist or surplus military store - haven't decided yet. I can't figure out what business "Strangelove" would be in... an MD doesn't get a big enough sign.
If the Police are "looking into it" there could be doughnuts down there, or perhaps the Mercedes. In cities like New York, Chicago, Cleveland, Los Angles, Boston,etc., there could be some form of "commuter" rail service - subway, rapid transit. Probably a wide variety of electric powered cars or locos. The balance of the "things" that you list could or would be possible.
You might try searching the Web for Boston's Big Dig, or New York's history of underground construction for some photos. A lot like box cars, there are too few pictures of the common every day things like that hole in the street. Who cared about those enough to snap a picture, when there was that pretty girl, big ship, new locomotive ready to be captured.
In June of 2001 my wife won a trip to Halifax from New York. Our biggest expense for the trip was film and development of pictures, my wife turned out to be the "japanese tourist" with a camera. Our cruise shp docked next to the Intrepid, complete with a Concorde on her deck. The morning of our return to New York she shot several pictures of the World Trade Center silhouetted against the rising sun. Less that three months later the "importance" of those photos changed so much.
Good luck on your "quest"!
Some time back you all helped out with road works barriers and pots/flares... now I would like to look into the abyss.
In a 1980s city (a bit like Chicago / industrial district) what sort of hole-in-the-road am I going to find (apart from all the pot holes) and what will be down there?
Does anyone have any pics or a link please?
How thick would the road be (well, it makes a change from "how wide...)?
If a gas leak could happen what service trucks would be around?
Now, getting really ambitious... if some clown has jack-hammered through a water pipe... how do I model water spraying upwards?
Why do any easy scene when you can make life really hard work?
When did utility companies start having hydraulic booms (Hiabs) on their trucks?
Anyone got any other ideas?
TIA