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  Second Avenue El by Alexander Nobler Cohen -The Third Rail Online - July 2001
The roar of metal striking against metal was like a hammer on an anvil, the crash echoing and reechoing through the hundreds of iron girders and braces and sweeping in undulating waves through the streets, ricocheting and reverberating through the brick and stone canyons of the city.
In fact, service ended on the Sixth Avenue el in 1938, as construction progressed on the new Sixth Avenue subway.In the early 1940's, under the Mayoralty of Fiorello La Guardia, the Second and Ninth Avenue els also were abandoned and demolished.
When the Second Avenue el came down, New York lost a rapid transit line, and the city's era of incredible transit expansion came to an end.
thethirdrail.net /0107/cohen1.html   (470 words)

  
 MTA Capital Construction - Second Avenue Subway Planning Study
subway line, to be located underneath Peter Minuit Plaza in Lower Manhattan, adjacent to Battery Park and the Staten Island Ferry Terminal.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) proposes to modify staffing or to build, relocate or close entrances at eight subway stations in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
subway lines is being periodically affected by construction work for the South Ferry Terminal and Fulton Street Transit center projects.
mta.info /capconstr/sft   (210 words)

  
 Ground Broken Yet Again for 2nd Avenue Subway - New York Times
A host of dignitaries went underground on Thursday for a groundbreaking ceremony for the Second Avenue subway in a never-used tunnel built for the on-again-off-again project in the 1970s.
It was at least the fourth groundbreaking to take place for the Second Avenue subway — the previous ones dating to the work done in the 1970s.
He said the first phase of work will involve blocking off two lanes of traffic on Second Avenue from 92nd to 95th Streets, where they will begin digging test pits to uncover the maze of utility lines that must be moved.
www.nytimes.com /2007/04/12/nyregion/12cnd-tunnel.html?ex=1334116800&en=86c352a8d4721f6a&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink   (758 words)

  
 Official SUBWAY Restaurants' Web Site - News
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www.subway.com /subwayroot/newsItems/newsItem1.aspx   (923 words)

  
 MTA Capital Construction - Second Avenue Subway Planning Study
The Second Avenue Subway project will include a two-track line along Second Avenue from 125th Street to the Financial District in Lower Manhattan.
The Second Avenue Subway will reduce overcrowding and delays on the Lexington Avenue line, improving travel for both city and suburban commuters, and provide better access to mass transit for residents of the far East Side of Manhattan.
Phase One will include tunnels from 105th Street and Second Avenue to 63rd Street and Third Avenue, with new stations along Second Avenue at 96th, 86th and 72nd Streets and new entrances to the existing Lexington Av/63 Street Station at 63rd Street and Third Avenue.
www.mta.info /capconstr/sas/index.html   (571 words)

  
 Second Avenue Subway
Route 132-B Second Avenue Subway, The Bronx, Study C (April, 1975)
FAQ: Completed Portions of the 2nd Avenue Subway (yes, some sections were actually built in the 1970s)
Proposed 2nd Avenue Subway Track Map (showing interconnections with the 6th Avenue line at 63rd St. and 2nd Ave./Grand Street.
www.nycsubway.org /lines/2ndave.html   (123 words)

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