tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post4000183778236191703..comments2024-03-28T18:01:17.304-07:00Comments on Daytonian in Manhattan: St. Bartholomew's Church - 109 East 50th StreetTom Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13542224816886418433noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-23491253552627439532019-06-05T11:07:08.756-07:002019-06-05T11:07:08.756-07:00With all due respect, the trains ran at street lev...With all due respect, the trains ran at street level down the middle of Park Avenue (Fourth Avenue) originally. There was public outcry to "sink the tracks below ground level" as early as 1873. The city shouldered half the cost with Cornelius Vanderbilt in 1875 to lower and cover the tracks.Tom Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13542224816886418433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-90013060696693197502019-06-05T08:32:45.810-07:002019-06-05T08:32:45.810-07:00The train tracks were not lowered: they were cover...The train tracks were not lowered: they were covered over by bridges holding the streets and buildings. None of the many buildings since constructed have basements, because the multitude of train tracks still run underneath.Andrew Porterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09303874382474271502noreply@blogger.com