The Perils of Long Term Planning

Its a wonder at some level that the express stops along the IRT were so well planned from the outset and most were located at critical junctures before development could even take place. Second Avenue Sagas mused the other day about how Columbus Circle managed to not be an express stop whereas 72nd street did? [...]

The MTA; another way out?

These images are taken from Benajmin over at Second Avenue Sagas, and I’m borrowing them as a great historical image about the power of transit construction, to summarize the point he very elegantly makes, but the story of New York’s development pattern is highly related to subway construction. Flushing is shown in the top image [...]