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|    Peter T. Daniels to Phil Kane    |
|    Re: The high Line when it was a railroad    |
|    19 Sep 14 14:19:23    |
      From: grammatim@verizon.net              On Friday, September 19, 2014 2:41:33 PM UTC-4, Phil Kane wrote:              > The R-O-W now runs through people's living rooms because of the "we       > don't need no stinkin' railroads in the city" era and NY Central's       > need to sell the properties leading to what I refer to as "loft       > properties" no matter how funky and inappropriate. My niece lived in       > one in Manhattan (lower 30s off 5th Avenue) where there was no level       > floor or 90-degree wall corner in any room.              Why do you need 90-degree corners? (Level floors I can understand.)              What industries would the rail line serve?              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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