The Importance of Modernization

A lot of times there's this sort of bait and switch involved, which is the L would be replaced by a subway soon. But we got to get rid of the blight now, right? Sure. The third Avenue L in Manhattan was kept open to supplement the Lexington Avenue subway until the second Avenue subway could be finished. After 70 years of no transit on the East Side, you know, all those people who tore it down are old and dead in the ground.