Comments on: The Short History of Queensboro Bridge Tolls

By: Think_twice

Think_twice — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:36:42 +0000

Rebecca Read Shanor’s book “The City That Never Was” described Mayor Gaynor’s intention to carve out a new avenue through Midtown between 5th and 6th Avenues.

By: Glenn

Glenn — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:11:03 +0000

Anyone remember when the QBB was closed for like 2 years. It was such a blessing. Did the sky fall? Did businesses dry up? Did stores still get their deliveries? And that was when the WHOLE bridge was out. Take back a few lanes for express buses or light rail and you could get a lot more out of that bridge.

Also, while everyone was standing on the Bridge I hope they realized how ridiculous it was that you can’t take a staircase or elevator down to Roosevelt Island’s lush green areas like it once had.

By: Tomasito

Tomasito — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 04:30:34 +0000

In the defense of Jay Gaynor, he was very much for expansion of the subway system. It says in there that “As mayor, he railed against efforts to thwart the further development of the New York City subway system,” which is a weird sorta double negative, but means that he was against the opponents of expansion, or for expansion.

By: Ken

Ken — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:46:48 +0000

10 cents in 1909 is equivalent to $2.37 today, just so you know.

By: Kaja

Kaja — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:42:10 +0000

When Jay Gaynor was elected, he lived in Park Slope. He walked from _there_ to work on his first day in office, January 1.

Or so I read.

By: Charles Siegel

Charles Siegel — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:40:13 +0000

I believe Gaynor used to walk to work, from his home in Brooklyn Heights to City Hall.

By: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

Clarence Eckerson Jr. — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:30:50 +0000

Actually at the bridge reenactment as a joke on the podium, Sam did ask Mayor Bloomberg to open a cold case file probing the link between the attack on Mayor Gaynor and the removal of the tolls.