You know, Mayor LaGuardia, who got a lot of things done, he tried to get it done in the 1940s. Later, Mayor Lindsay and Governor Rockefeller managed to break ground [on the Second Avenue subway]. route. They thought it was that close. They got a stretch built underground from the 110th and 120th streets. (18:19–18:25)
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Asserts that Mayor Lindsay and Governor Rockefeller initiated construction on the Second Avenue subway.
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