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Author: LI ROAD GEEK (was nyc roadgeek)LI ROAD GEEK (was nyc roadgeek) Date: Aug 21, 2006 14:10
Peter T. Daniels wrote:
> LI ROAD GEEK (was nyc roadgeek) wrote:
>>> The whole thing was demolished about 30 years ago. Where have you been?
>>>
>>> It was rebuilt as the street-level "West Street" and "Twelfth Avenue"
>>> etc.
>> Give him a break, he's from Florida! He was probaly in New York some
>> odd 30 or 35 years ago.
>
> And never came back to visit??
Maybe...
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Author: pigsty1953pigsty1953 Date: Aug 25, 2006 12:39
LI ROAD GEEK (was nyc roadgeek) wrote:
> Peter T. Daniels wrote:
>> LI ROAD GEEK (was nyc roadgeek) wrote:
>>>> The whole thing was demolished about 30 years ago. Where have you been?
>>>>
>>>> It was rebuilt as the street-level "West Street" and "Twelfth Avenue"
>>>> etc.
>>> Give him a break, he's from Florida! He was probaly in New York some
>>> odd 30 or 35 years ago.
>>
>> And never came back to visit??
> Maybe...
Not to argue with you, but I seem to remember the old cobble stone
section as being there in the early 80's. I lived in Hackensack from
1980-1987, and used it pretty frequently. As I remember it, it was
cobblestone as you descended from the
elevated highway to the local streets.
In 1987 I moved to Fanwood, and did not use it after that. So I have
no idea what happened to it.
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Author: danny bursteindanny burstein Date: Aug 25, 2006 12:46
>Not to argue with you, but I seem to remember the old cobble stone
>section as being there in the early 80's. I lived in Hackensack from
>1980-1987, and used it pretty frequently. As I remember it, it was
>cobblestone as you descended from the
>elevated highway to the local streets.
The last stretch of the (former elevated) West Side Highway
was the ramp assembly from (roughly) 55th to 58th, where it
broght you from street level to the upper portion.
(Everything south of there had long since been removed)
various parts of that remained cobblestone until the
entire kit and kaboodle was completely torn down
and rebuilt into the current mix.
--
_____________________________________________________
Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key
dannyb@ panix.com
[to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded]
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Author: Peter T. DanielsPeter T. Daniels Date: Aug 25, 2006 14:31
danny burstein wrote:
>>Not to argue with you, but I seem to remember the old cobble stone
>>section as being there in the early 80's. I lived in Hackensack from
>>1980-1987, and used it pretty frequently. As I remember it, it was
>>cobblestone as you descended from the
>>elevated highway to the local streets.
>
> The last stretch of the (former elevated) West Side Highway
> was the ramp assembly from (roughly) 55th to 58th, where it
> broght you from street level to the upper portion.
>
> (Everything south of there had long since been removed)
>
> various parts of that remained cobblestone until the
> entire kit and kaboodle was completely torn down
> and rebuilt into the current mix.
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Author: LI ROAD GEEK (was nyc roadgeek)LI ROAD GEEK (was nyc roadgeek) Date: Aug 25, 2006 14:58
> (Would Moses have connected the Prospect Expressway to the Interboro?
> They both seem to lead nowhere in particular.)
No, but they were to be extended to other places:
The J Robinson Pkwy was to continue down Pennsylvania Avenue to the
Belt (Shore) Parkway.
There were floating plans to send the Prospect Expressway down Ocean
Parkway to Coney Island. Then the NYSDOT considered extending it down
Flatbush Avenue to the Rockaways. As everyone knows, both plans were
dropped.
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Author: Peter T. DanielsPeter T. Daniels Date: Aug 26, 2006 06:58
LI ROAD GEEK (was nyc roadgeek) wrote:
>> (Would Moses have connected the Prospect Expressway to the Interboro?
>> They both seem to lead nowhere in particular.)
> No, but they were to be extended to other places:
> The J Robinson Pkwy was to continue down Pennsylvania Avenue to the
> Belt (Shore) Parkway.
>
> There were floating plans to send the Prospect Expressway down Ocean
> Parkway to Coney Island. Then the NYSDOT considered extending it down
> Flatbush Avenue to the Rockaways. As everyone knows, both plans were
> dropped.
Ocean Parkway is the Grand Concourse of Brooklyn
-- that was a
ridiculous suggestion.
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Date: Aug 28, 2006 02:38
On 2006-08-25 17:31:54 -0400, "Peter T. Daniels" verizon.net> said:
> They could've given him (part of) the Deegan
But then everyone would soon forget who Major Deegan was. Everyone
already knows who DiMaggio (you know... "Mr. Coffee"...) so wouldn't it
be kind of unfair to Major Deegan to do that?
G
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Author: LI ROAD GEEK (was nyc roadgeek)LI ROAD GEEK (was nyc roadgeek) Date: Aug 28, 2006 05:31
Peter T. Daniels wrote:
> LI ROAD GEEK (was nyc roadgeek) wrote:
>>> (Would Moses have connected the Prospect Expressway to the Interboro?
>>> They both seem to lead nowhere in particular.)
>> No, but they were to be extended to other places:
>> The J Robinson Pkwy was to continue down Pennsylvania Avenue to the
>> Belt (Shore) Parkway.
>>
>> There were floating plans to send the Prospect Expressway down Ocean
>> Parkway to Coney Island. Then the NYSDOT considered extending it down
>> Flatbush Avenue to the Rockaways. As everyone knows, both plans were
>> dropped.
>
> Ocean Parkway is the Grand Concourse of Brooklyn -- that was a
> ridiculous suggestion.
The rational was probaly that there was enough ROW along Ocean Parkway
so that would have reduced some community opposition, being...
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Author: PatPat Date: Aug 28, 2006 07:46
Peter T. Daniels wrote:
> danny burstein wrote:
>>>Not to argue with you, but I seem to remember the old cobble stone
>>>section as being there in the early 80's. I lived in Hackensack from
>>>1980-1987, and used it pretty frequently. As I remember it, it was
>>>cobblestone as you descended from the
>>>elevated highway to the local streets.
>>
>> The last stretch of the (former elevated) West Side Highway
>> was the ramp assembly from (roughly) 55th to 58th, where it
>> broght you from street level to the upper portion.
>>
>> (Everything south of there had long since been removed)
>>
>> various parts of that remained cobblestone until the
>> entire kit and kaboodle was completely torn down
>> and rebuilt into the current mix.
> ...
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Author: pigsty1953pigsty1953 Date: Aug 28, 2006 08:59
Pat wrote:
> Peter T. Daniels wrote:
>> danny burstein wrote:
>>>>Not to argue with you, but I seem to remember the old cobble stone
>>>>section as being there in the early 80's. I lived in Hackensack from
>>>>1980-1987, and used it pretty frequently. As I remember it, it was
>>>>cobblestone as you descended from the
>>>>elevated highway to the local streets.
>>>
>>> The last stretch of the (former elevated) West Side Highway
>>> was the ramp assembly from (roughly) 55th to 58th, where it
>>> broght you from street level to the upper portion.
>>>
>>> (Everything south of there had long since been removed)
>>>
>>> various parts of that remained cobblestone until the
>>> entire kit and kaboodle was completely torn down
>>> and rebuilt into the current mix. ...
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