Manhattan Elevated Gone 60 Years Today

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54light15

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From: Toronto, Canada
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Posted by 54light15 on Saturday, May 30, 2015 9:37 AM

You are absolutley right, my friend! Eating a cruise ship? That sounds better than "Citizen Kane!" Hell, better than 10 Super Bowls!

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RICHARD DEARMOND

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Posted by RICHARD DEARMOND on Wednesday, June 17, 2015 1:24 AM

All the els that exist today are parts of the underground system. The abandoned els were never part of the subway system per se.

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daveklepper

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Posted by daveklepper on Thursday, June 18, 2015 2:54 PM

The exceptions were the Culver Shuttle line from Ditmas to 9th Avenue that saw BMT steels from Coney Island to Chambers Street Manhattan via the 4th Avenue subway, with two stations on the line, now torn down, and the Bronx Park spur running north from 177thStreet - West Farms Squar eto 180th Street Bronx Park, two removed elevated structures regulary used by steel subway trains.