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Patrick Cullinan  > Brooklyn > The Myrtle Avenue El > Myrtle Ave El, Oct. 1969, plus a few earlier shots
The Myrtle Elevated line is dear to my heart because of nostalgic associations with Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School, which I attended in the 1950's. Over a period of four years, I traveled the line from Knickerbocker Avenue to Vanderbilt Avenue, enjoying the homely views along the way. I used to be especially touched by windows decked out top to bottom with house plants, which I took to be a sign of a godly dwelling and a reverent hand.
     (March 17, 2010 -- finished correcting the scans with Photoshop.)
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This is what it looked like back in October of 1969, shortly before the line shut down.
Jan. 1973.  The Metropolitan Avenue terminus of the El.
Early 70's.  The Metropolitan Avenue station -- last stop!  There was a tranquil, rustic flavor to the place, which has since been lost, naturally.  A warm summer breeze is blowing in the early evening.  The air is fresh, clean, clear, and bright.
Metropolitan Avenue station.  My neighbor Dennis Richter sits for the photo.  Early 70's.
The Metropolitan Avenue Station at night.  Early 70's.
Latter part of 1960, around the time of the fall of leaves.  The inbound train pulls into the Kinckerbocker Avenue Station.  On the right is Schwaben Hall, "where the German elite meet."
Detail of the previous photo.
Early June, 1960.
Early winter 1960.  Charley Burnet, classmate, on the left, Denis, my brother, on the right.
This is what it looked like back in October of 1969, shortly before the line shut down.
This is what it looked like back in October of 1969, shortly before the line shut down.
This is what it looked like back in October of 1969, shortly before the line shut down.
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