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Red Hook Trolley Redux

So, a few weeks ago there was once again talk of reviving the old Red Hook trolley plan.

This was a plan that I had seen come and go for years, but now there could be real hope that it'll come to fruition. And that's mostly due to the credibility of NYCDOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan's ability to actually get things done.

There's Something Special in the Air

In lieu of the proliferation of satellite photos on my blog, I had to mention this.

Untapped New York and Gothamist just posted a image of a commercial airplane that got captured by a satellite camera just as it passed over Bushwick.

Well I see your Bushwick flyover, and raise you a silver bird coming in for a landing at Prospect Park:

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"Ninth Avenue Subway" (Route #2 from 1905)

The next route William Barclay Parsons, Chief Engineer of the Rapid Transit Commission laid out while the IRT was being constructed was one that would weave through northern Manhattan, run down 9th Avenue, then veer west right up against the waterfront along West Street. Like the First Avenue Subway (Route #1), the Rapid Transit Commission and Public Service Commission did not consider it a priority (most likely because of the existing 9th Avenue elevated) and kept the plans on the back burner. The IND however would give life to certain stretches of it. Read more after the jump.