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HELLO EVERYONE IM JASON DECANIO A NATIVE NEW YORKER RESIDING IN OVIEDO FLORIDA, AND THE HOST OF THIS GREAT CHANNEL, THAT FOCUSES ON THE HISTORY OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS AND NEW YORK CITY. EACH WEEK FOR 15-20 MINUTES WILL LOOK BACK AT WHAT MAKES QUEENS NOT ONLY THE BIGGEST BOROUGH OF THE 5 BUT HOW IT CAME ABOUT. THIS CHANNEL WILL ENTERTAIN, INFORM, INSPIRE AND CONNECT WITH RICH HISTORY THAT MADE QUEENS THE TALK OF THE TOWN. JOIN ME TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY FOR A LOOK AT ALL THAT QUEENS HAS TO OFFER.
ON THIS EDITION WILL LOOK AT THE SECOND PRIVATELY OWNED BUS COMPANYTHAT STARTED IN 1931, TRIBORO COACH: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triboro_Coach PICTURES BY WIKI MEDIA: https://en.wikipedia.org/…
ON THIS EDITION ONE DAY ON THE EVE OF OUR 1ST YEAR ON YOUTUBE, WILL LOOK AT THE FIRST PRIVATE OWNED BUS COMPANY THAT STARTED IN 1925, GREEN BUS LINES: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Bus_Lines P…
TODAY STARTS A NEW SERIES IN THE HISTORY OF TRANSPORTATION AS NOW WILL LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF THE MTA AND HOW IT GOT STARTED: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTA_Regional_Bus_Operations#History PICTUR…
IT'S THE FINALE OF THE HISTORY OF THE INDEPENDENT SUBWAY SYSTEM AND IT CONCLUDES WITH PROJECTS AND EXPANSIONS FROM 2010-2020: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_New_York_City_Subway#2010s_…
ON THIS SECOND TO LAST EDITION OF THE HISTORY OF THE IND, WILL LOOK AT THE 90s AND THE SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 ATTACKS THAT DESTROYED PARTS OF THE SUBWAY AND HAD TO BE REBUILT: https://en.wikipedia.org/w…
ON THIS EDITION OF THE IND SERIES WILL LOOK AT FARE EVASION AND REHABILITATION AND RISING TRENDS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_New_York_City_Subway#Fare_evasion PICTURES BY THE WIKI-…
ON THIS EDITION ITS A LOOK AT OTHER VARIOUS CRIMES BESIDES GRAFFITI ON THE SUBWAYS DURING THE 70'S AND 80'S: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_New_York_City_Subway#Crime NEWS OF THE WEIRD…
ON THIS EDITION IT'S A LOOK AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE CRIME THAT HAPPENED BETWEEN 1974 AND 1981: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_New_York_City_Subway PICTURES BY T…
ON THIS EDITION IT'S A LOOK AT RIDERSHIP AND SERVICE CUTS PLUS THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE CURRENT IND AND ISS LINES: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_New_York_City_Subway#Ridership_and_se…
ON THIS EDITION IT'S A PART 5 LOOK OF THE IND AND ISS DURING THE 1950s AND 1960s, PLUS THE GRAFFITI PART IN THE EARLY 70s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_New_York_City_Subway PICTURES …
ON THIS CINCO DE MAYO EDITION ITS A LOOK AT THE DECLINING YEARS OF THE IND WHERE THINGS TAKE A TURN FOR THE WORST, BUT REBOUND VERY QUICKLY IN THE 1980s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the…
ON THIS EDITION WILL LOOK AT THE POST-UNIFICATION EXPANSION AND REORGANIZATION OF THE IND: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_New_York_City_Subway PICTURES BY THE WIKI-PEDIA: https://comm…
IT'S PART 2 OF THE HISTORY OF THE IND AND WILL LOOK AT THE CONTINUING LINES AND EXPANSION PLANS PLUS A START OF THE LOOK OF THE UNIFICATION AND DIVISION DIFFERENCES AS WELL: https://en.wikipedia.org…
ON THIS EDITION THE BRT AND BMT RUN INTO SOME PRETTY BAD FINANCIAL PROBLEMS SO MAYOR JOHN F. HYLAN DID SOME CUTBACKS AND FINALLY AN INDEPENDENT SYSTEM CAME INTO BEING. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H…
ON THIS EDITION ITS A LOOK AT THE CONCLUDING STORY OF HOW THE BMT PRECEEDED ITS FORMER SYSTEM AND TOOK ITSELF INTO THE 20TH CENTURY WITH MAJOR UPGRADES AND EXPANSIONS. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B…
ON THIS EDITION IT'S A LOOK AT THE NEXT TRANSIT SYSTEM THAT PRECEEDED THE INTERBOROUGH RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM, THE BROOKLYN RAPID TRANSIT: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_Rapid_Transit_Compan P…
IT'S THE FINAL CHAPTER OF THE INTERBOROUGH RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM THAT MADE THE SUBWAY WHAT IT IS TODAY:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_history_of_the_IRT_subway PHOTO BY SHUTTERSTOCK: https://www…
ON THIS EDITION IT'S PART 3 AS ITS NOW A LOOK AT THE EXTENSIONS AND MODIFICATIONS THAT CONTINUE TO EXPAND IT FURTHER INTO BROOKLYN AND MANHATTAN: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_history_of_the_I…
IT'S PART 2 OF THE EARLY HISRTORY OF THE INTERBOROUGH RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM WITH THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPENING INFO:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_history_of_the_IRT_subway
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ON THIS EDITION IT'S A LOOK AT THE VERY FIRST TRANSIT SYSTEM TO RUN THROUGH THE TUNNELS AND ELEVATED TRACKS THROUGH THE FIVE BOROUGHS, KNOWN AS THE INTERBOROUGH RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM OR IRT: https://…