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NEW YORK VOICES -- December 12th, 2008

51st State Infrastructure
Video Archive: Saga of the 2nd Avenue Subway (1975)

This 51st State report, which originally aired in 1975 on Channel Thirteen in New York, looks at New York City’s repeated attempts to complete a second subway line on the East Side of Manhattan. The project is still not finished after over a half-century of delays.

  • The Saga of the 2nd Avenue Subway
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08/19/2009 :: 04:51:57 PM
mike Says:

will the second avenue subway ever be completed?

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