Misha (satyadasa) wrote, @ 2003-11-26 16:27:00

Manhattan Borough President Unaware of Subway
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In 1999, Manhattan borough president C. Virginia Fields noted that Lower Manhattan is the nation's third-largest business center, trailing only midtown Manhattan and downtown Chicago. "Yet there is, for all intents and purposes, no underground transportation to move people -- business people and residents -- between Upper and Lower Manhattan," she said. "Building the Second Avenue subway will show that we are serious in our commitment to helping grow the economy of our city.

http://www.lowermanhattan.info/news/plans_for_second_avenue_48306.asp

	odd meimad 2003-11-26 22:02 (link)
	I was thinking about this last week...strange to say there are no subways between Mid and Lower Manhattan-I guess Fields was referring to expresses or lines that just go between Lower and Mid Manhattan... (Reply to this) (Thread)

satyadasa 2003-11-28 01:40 (link)

Hmm, no. The Second Avenue Line isn't going to be express either. It will stop at 42nd, 14th, and Canal before going to the Financial District, just like the 4 and 5 do. The most amusing part about it is the Broadway Line branch, which diverges somewhere in the east 50s from Second Avenue and joins the N/R/Q/W on its way to Brooklyn. Basically, it will be yet another yellow train, only a different color. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	satyadasa 2003-11-28 01:41 (link)
	Correction, 4/5 stops at Brooklyn Bridge, not Canal Street. Same deal anyway. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)