From: Phil.Kane@nov.shmovz.ka.pop   
      
   On Fri, 19 Sep 2014 14:19:23 -0700 (PDT), "Peter T. Daniels"   
    wrote:   
      
   >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.)   
      
   Those rooms were small enough that the furniture therein which had   
   90-degree corners didn't fit well -- gaps and such.   
      
   Anyhow, we are pre-conditioned to expect 90-degree corners /   
   rectangular rooms.  Even the locally-famous "Flintstone House" near   
   San Francisco - hemispherical and cylindrical outside - has   
   rectangular rooms inside.  See:   
      
   >   
   >What industries would the rail line serve?   
      
   Exactly.  The market district and packing houses are long gone.  Even   
   the Federal Building at 641 Washington Street - where the NYC office   
   of the FCC used to hide - has been gutted inside and "repurposed" as   
   obscene-valued loft apartments.  After it was fumigated to get rid of   
   the resident rats, of course.  The "High Line" could have been used   
   for a commuter or light rail line.  Too late.   
      
   "Stand Clear of the Closing Doors, Please"   
      
   Phil Kane - Beaverton, OR   
   PNW CP HALL  MP 29.9 - OE District   
      
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