NYC Third Ave El 1955 Ben Calvo Reel 1
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6 жыл бұрынRaw unedited film clips of NYC's Third Ave Elevated Train (El) from 1955 by Ben Calvo, Head Photographer for Woman's Day Studio. There are three 400-ft 16-mm reels in the series - this is Reel #1.
The IRT Third Avenue Line, commonly known as the Third Avenue El and the Bronx El, was an elevated railway in Manhattan and the Bronx, New York City. Originally operated by the New York Elevated Railway, an independent railway company, it was acquired by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) and eventually became part of the New York City subway system.
The first segment of the line, with service at most stations, opened from South Ferry to Grand Central Depot on August 26, 1878.
Service was extended to Harlem in Manhattan on December 30. Service in Manhattan was phased out in the early 1950s and closed completely on May 12, 1955, and ended in the Bronx on April 29, 1973.
The Third Avenue El was the last elevated line to operate in Manhattan, other than the 1 train on the IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line (which has elevated sections between 122nd and 135th Streets and north of Dyckman Street), and was a frequent backdrop for movies. Service on the Second, Sixth and Ninth Avenue El lines was terminated in 1942, 1938, and 1940, respectively.
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@LUIS-ox1bv Жыл бұрын
Chicago still retains some of the atmospheric quality provided by the elevated trains. Saying that, this footage displays a New York that was more real then the sanitized, cellophane wrapped, New York of today. Real newstands, real diners, real taverns, populated by real New Yorkers. Everything is just an overpriced contrivance or facsimile of its former self.
@tinahobbs3273 Жыл бұрын
I never been to Chicago before!!!!!!! Lol
@jimpern Жыл бұрын
I was around at the time, a little kid living 30 miles east in Plainview. My dad occasionally took me in to his business in the Bronx, but I never remember going in to Manhattan.
@marty590 2 жыл бұрын
An artistic masterpiece detailing the beauty of the el.
@KennyDoggfart Жыл бұрын
I am from the Mott Haven section, and I remember the El and when they tore it down. The 2 and 5 trains are in my memories forever.
@kevinforeman4485 11 ай бұрын
Oh yeah. Hearns, Alexander's, Woolworth. Real Italian Pizza twice the size of the slice they hand you now. I think 75 or 76 they started tearing it down. Then came the #55 bus. Kids would snatch the transfers to sell by the train. Florsheims had the latest British Walkers. They used to sell switchblades out the corner store. 007's. Sorry about the book but you just sparked alot of memories.
@smedleybutler1969 2 жыл бұрын
I was born in 55 and never really saw all this for myself but I really feel I missed out, My father drove the last trolley over the 59st bridge unhooked it at the trolley depot on northern blvd ending the Trolley era in NY! Well I still live in Queens where we still have elevated lines and they are so much nicer than going below ground,much less crime as well,I also remember Shraffts We used to go there for their delicious cheese bread.
@luislaplume8261 2 жыл бұрын
The company your father ran the last trolley line in Queens was called the Queensborough Bridge Street Railway and was also the last trolley line in NYC and it was also the last on in New York State. The light rail line in Buffalo New York State opened around 1984 and is still the only one in New York State.
@trainrover Жыл бұрын
must you mean misdemeanours...I mean, what crimes must you yourself've witnessed twixt the pair of different grades of service thereabouts?
@tinahobbs3273 Жыл бұрын
I'm from New York l didn't know New York had trolleys back then I was born in 1977 my mother was born in 1945 her sister was born in 1950!!!!!!! Lol
@jaymorgenthal9479 Жыл бұрын
the last trolley ran over the queensboro bridge in early 1957
@tinahobbs3273 Жыл бұрын
@@jaymorgenthal9479 oh wow!!!!!!!! Lol
@lupulus801 4 жыл бұрын
... a time machine. And it is beautiful.
@jaymorgenthal9479 Жыл бұрын
I remember the last remaining part of the 14 st station in early 1956 while riding the Ave B bus with my mother.i was 4.
@mikesaunders4775 3 жыл бұрын
Journeys seemed so much more exciting when made from stations and trains like these.
@luislaplume8261 2 жыл бұрын
Especially on the elevated train lines in NYC in that time at night.
@MarioRBSouza Жыл бұрын
I was born on July 4th, 1955, in Brazil and I love the North American people !
@oluhamilton2121 2 жыл бұрын
To tell the truth, those stations must've looked scary at night.
@soundshaper Жыл бұрын
You know, that version of the El was only 38 years old when they tore it down, it was rebuilt around 1917. As were the elevated subways that still remain in the Bronx, Queens, upper Manhattan and Brooklyn, they're now over 100 years old. It's a shame the city didn't just refurbish the 3rd or 2nd Av El again instead of demolishing both. They were very useful lines and to lose them left the east side with just the Lexington Av IRT. Going from Lex to 1st or York was a real bear, worth taking a bus even. Going up 2nd Av you just had one or two blocks to walk.
@jaymorgenthal9479 Жыл бұрын
only the lower parts of the 2nd ave line were rebuilt below 59 st and closed June 1942
@jaymorgenthal9479 Жыл бұрын
The 3rd ave was so decrepit that the Q cars were only allowed on the express track . The local can only support the old wooden mudc cars.
@richardgelber2740 Жыл бұрын
I remember riding on the Third Ave. El with my aunt who lived on E. 57th St. I'm sure this happened more than once, but she always claimed that she took me on the last run of that train in 1955. I have no idea if this was true; I would have been 4 years old.
@JuanRodriguez-uc6br Жыл бұрын
Those elevated trains were an eyesore. They couldn't wait to get rid of them
@Drpglass 3 ай бұрын
Uncolored, silent testimony which speaks volumes about the loss of a much needed infrastructure that was destroyed by a few short sighted and selfish individuals. At least someone had the foresight to beautifully document it for future generations to appreciate and maybe, one day, to even recreate once our society gets its priorities in order.
@AloneinAmerica888 Жыл бұрын
Great Art Work Masterpiece
@JeffFrmJoisey 3 жыл бұрын
Beautiful!!! Unseen 3rd Avenue El video!!
@GeorgeStar Жыл бұрын
Professional quality time machine. Thank you Mr. Calvo.
@Ass_Burgers_Syndrome 2 жыл бұрын
Great footage. Although I believe this is not 1955. The City Hall spur closed in 1953, and this clip clearly shows a train taking that route. Also the southbound trains all seem to be terminating at Chatham Sq, which after 1950 was as far as they could go when they closed the section to South Ferry, so I think this is between 1950 and 1953
@sanandreas4life320 2 жыл бұрын
This is without a doubt after november 1954, and more probably early 1955. Basing this on the 'Romeo and Juliet' American premiere, which is visible on a marquee.
@flushingrailfanner6391 5 жыл бұрын
Now this is the real stuff
@leecornwell1062 2 жыл бұрын
Not the fake 8 line 3rd Avenue elevated line. This is the real 3rd Avenue elevated line in real life. Will come back from the dead it will definitely hunt every body real soon. A lots of Abandoned Rail road s are coming back to life across the country's including some old subways elevated lines and stations as well. Be very very careful what you are wishing for GoD sits high and look low. Never say never so could this. There is nothing in this world cannot replace the old 8 3rd Avenue elevated lines . I don't care how much they put a bus lanes and All that. They still cannot for get a bout the Old 8 3rd Avenue elevated lines that really helped out the 2/5 trains sence 1973. That was a waste of money and they should have left the old 3rd Avenue elevated line Alone and let it be out for temporary so they could do a track inspection s trestle tracks and beams and stations especially those R14s they have run on them. They should made those trestle s heavyer.
@tobygoodguy4032 2 жыл бұрын
How noir. Tenements on E 57 St. Iron filigree and wooden gingerbread on chalet stations. And Third Av in deep dark dingy relief.
@ravisriram6746 Жыл бұрын
Very nice. I can't understand why they ever tore it down in the first place. We can always use more mass transit here in the New York.
@jaymorgenthal9479 Жыл бұрын
it was built in 1879. nothing lasts forever
@arrow1414 Жыл бұрын
They were unsightly. They blocked the sunlight to the street and were loud as heck. To get a taste of it find a modern video recording of say the Jerome Ave No. 4 El line in the Bronx (or the No. 2 or No.6, also in the bronx) taken from street level to hear how loud it is. Also, they were expecting that the Second Ave Subway to be built soon. Big mistake. I would've still tore down the 3rd Ave El on schedule but kept the 2nd Ave El up and running until the 2nd Ave subway was built. As it is, so far the only part of the 2nd Ave line to built opened in 2017.
@paologianono2539 Жыл бұрын
LOVELY.....KEEP THEM COMING.......THANK YOU......
@lscarver5 5 ай бұрын
I wish it were still in existence. It would be much more quicker than the buses that are currently in service.
@aitortilla5128 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for not adding that artificial colour.
@jimpern Жыл бұрын
Considering that there is still effectively no 2nd Ave subway, they should have left the 2rd Ave elevated standing. If they wanted to diminish its visual impact they should have just removed the express track and the upper level of the express stations and returned the el to its original form. A local-only train is still better than none at all!
@luislaplume8261 2 жыл бұрын
The buses that had the ad..Ride the surface lines had the same red and light yellow color schemes of the 3rd Ave Railway. After the streetcar lines ended in 1947 it bought more buses that and it was still in business in the 1960s following the original streetcar lines on the East Side and Midtown Manhattan. What was its corporate name then in that decade, I don't know.
@timothymccarthy4704 Жыл бұрын
Wasnt that the stop featured on " The French Connection:?
@gerald6919 Жыл бұрын
Twenty years later in 1975 white flight exited South Bronx and area turn inti war zone slum 1970's.
@jaygatz4335 Жыл бұрын
Where's my time machine? I need to ride it!
@plunkervillerr1529 2 жыл бұрын
5-10-22 do these over head reels still exist ? This from a back woods N.H. hill billy .
@luislaplume8261 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, in the Bronx, Queens,Brooklyn and Upper Manhattan on Broadway fro Dyckman Street in Inwood to the Bronx. All are now subway line extensions. The last joint subway elevated train line was the Myrtle Ave el fro Myrtle Ave Broadway Junction to Metropolitan Ave terminal in Maspeth, Queens. My late father worked 2 blocks from the junction. The wooden El trains went to Downtown Brooklyn 4 blocks from the Brooklyn Bridge.
@inlovewithi 2 жыл бұрын
What street is that at the start of the video?
@SYTube5 2 жыл бұрын
Sorry, it was well before my time and sadly, Ben Calvo passed away in 2020.
@inlovewithi 2 жыл бұрын
@@SYTube5 That sucks that he died not such a long time ago. Would have been cool for the person to still be alive, since I kept wondering about the chances of random people in the video still being alive. I was curious to know the street simply because I was curious to see if the same fire hydrant was still there.
@trainrover Жыл бұрын
wow...judging by the joyfully peculiar flambuoyancies of these el stations, I feel daft supposing we north of there signified Island of Dr Seuss
@edwardmiessner6502 Жыл бұрын
The city should have been keeping this line until the Second Avenue Subway gets built. Or they could have kept all the els and refurbished them and converted them to skytrains* in the 1990s. * like the JFK Airtrain but better like Vancouver's Skytrain
@gerbs139 Жыл бұрын
Take the 8 train 🎶
@523panda 5 жыл бұрын
No audio?
@SYTube5 2 жыл бұрын
Sorry, no audio.
@robertroth3930 Жыл бұрын
Would love to see this colorized.
@RedArrow73 Жыл бұрын
Why isn't Arcero narrating this?
@kimcooper4751 Жыл бұрын
Using wife's phone tonight not her opinions I remember looking at some old home movies my grandfather had taken a long with my father of the Milwaukee Road s Hiawatha and the first ones were black and white and my kids were kind of watching and then I hear the oldest back then color wasn't invented then one of them hey dad was color invented when you were a kid I started on about film movies Wizard of Oz no dad when was color invented for people and cars trees get in the truck to the library all of you
@robtyman4281 Жыл бұрын
Perhaps America lost its way after it ripped out and removed all public transit infrastructure from its cities....in favour of 8 Lane Highways through them. Forcing people to drive. Just my observation. You could maybe like the rise in obesity levels with this, and the subsequent switch to cars....followed then by the total dependence on them to go anywhere. Even if it's just a couple of blocks. When public transit went, many also lost the ability to walk. Taking the car for a five minute journey, when they could easily walk it.
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