It’s like a bizarre dream looking at this 1939 map of the planned expansion for New York City Subway. Look at how the 7 line go all the way passed Flushing and go to two directions: College Point/Whitestone and Bayside! Then look at how there’s another line crossed the East River to service Southside of Williamsburg or look at how there is a line go straight to Staten Island. What about the line go across Long Island City similar to today’s route of Grand Central then connect to today’s L.I.E. to go to Little Neck? It’s such a strange fantasy. It’s what a system that could have been. It’s too bad that we all know it will never become a reality because of financial situation of MTA and the City and the State. But one would wonder how on earth did the New York City before us built our current system? was it built with no financial constraint? was it during the time when the city was filthy rich? Actually the subway was built during some of the harsh time in history, like WWI, like Great Depression. Yet they were able to build the most complex system in the world. The old city builders must be shaking their heads in their graves if they know how we can’t even afford to build one extra station on the 7 Line.

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