Talk:Park Avenue (Manhattan)
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One of these days, I'm going to look up the actual history. But until then, a few things I know for sure:
- The tunnel is not called the "Park Avenue Viaduct". A viaduct is elevated.
- There were once two shorter tunnels, and later the full tunnel was built. I don't know if the full tunnel ever included the part south of Grand Central.
A lot of this should probably be in New York and Harlem Railroad rather than here anyway. --SPUI (talk) 16:06, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- Yes you are right, the tunnel from Grand Central to 96th Street is known as Park Avenue Tunnel (not viaduct). I think there was a deep tunnel dug between 92nd Street and 94th Street built in 1836-1837?. Dont have any sources yet. RustyCale 11:30, 7 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- Yeah, I remember reading about that too - one of the maps at http://memory.loc.gov/ should do the trick. I've greatly expanded Harlem Railroad - I think we should have general stuff here (like the change to tunnel, etc) and put detailed info in that article. --SPUI (talk) 17:25, 7 Mar 2005 (UTC)
While it's certainly true that it's not normal usage to refer to a tunnel as a viaduct, I didn't make it up. While I was researching this article, it appeared to me that the NYC MTA official name for this tunnel was in fact "Park Avenue Viaduct", strange though that may be.
I may have been mistaken, but I did put it in for a reason, and I think it should be looked into. -- Dominus 02:15, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- Are you sure that's not referring to the elevated part north of the tunnel? --SPUI (talk) 02:21, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- It looks like the elevated structure around Grand Central is also called that - [1]. --SPUI (talk) 02:22, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
I've moved all the current information to the top and added more; can someone make sure it's all correct? I may tackle the history soon. --SPUI (talk) 02:49, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- added a note that Park Avenue begins at 32nd Street, the lower part is known as Park Avenue South, maybe it should have its own article. If I find any information I will add a note when the railroads between 42nd and 56th Street were sunked. RustyCale 13:39, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Lehman Brothers is not headquartered on Park Ave. World headquarters is 745 Seventh Ave. - Anon, Dec 2005
it's currently edited to say that the road which is known for most of its length as Park Avenue starts as the Bowery. you could make a case for the Bowery being part of the same road, whatever that means, but looking at a map it looks like you'd have to include Water Street (from Whitehall to Fulton), Pearl Street (from Fulton to the Brooklyn Bridge), and St. James Place (from the Brooklyn Bridge to East Broadway) further south, before the segments called Bowery, 4th Avenue, and Park Avenue South.
also, there's a Park Avenue in the Bronx that might be said to "continue" the Manhattan avenue, although there's no bridge between the two, as far up as 189th Street. Izzycat 16:47, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
There's no Park Avenue below 14th st. CoolGuy 02:06, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
Should Park Avenue Viaduct redirect to Park Avenue? I think it should go to a disambiguation page since there are 2 structures in Manhattan and 1 in Brooklyn (on the BQE) that all go by that name. Wl219 08:51, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
BRIANNE GOUTAL LIVES THERE!!!!!! her house is prob. 20 mil.
