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Tag: unbuilt

North Jersey Transit Commission expansion proposals. 1927

PATHs Not Taken

A deep dive into unrealized New Jersey subway extensions.
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Why Doesn’t the M Train Loop in Queens?

Money, Mobsters and Moses.
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1939 IND Second System. Cut lines from the 1929 and 1939 plans are shown as black dashes.

The Devolution of the IND Second System

The idea for this post came from an overlooked appendix at the…
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Looking south over the Van Wyck Expressway construction. 1949

Serving Southeast Queens Part 3: Unbuilt Hillside and Van Wyck Lines

A look back at the unbuilt IND Van Wyck and Hillside Ave Lines.
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The Lost 1943 IND Second System Plan

Students of NYC subway history know this map. It is one of…
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Map of the MTA's Program for Action, 1969

MTA Program for Action Service Guide

I recently went down a bit of a rabbit hole reading up…
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Boston Historic “T” Track Map

A detailed look at ever official plan to expand the T since 1897.
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IND Second System Track Map

A detailed look at every official subway expansion proposal from 1929 until the present.
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Photo of the abandoned Roosevelt Ave Terminal. Photo by: Michael Pompili. Click for more images at nycsubway.org

Mysteries of the Queens Boulevard Subway

The Queens Boulevard Subway was built as part of the vast Independent…
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Unbuilt Robert Moses Highway Maps

This is something I’ve been wanting to do for a long time…
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