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NYC Subways
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Walter Greenspan <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 7 Jul 2009 12:34:11 EDT
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You might want to ask your question about "straps" and "straphangers" at:

http://www.straphangers.org


Regards,

Walter Greenspan
Great Falls, MT & Jericho, NY

Subj:    [NYHIST-L] NYC Subways
Date:   7/7/09 9:10:41 AM Mountain Daylight Time
From:   [log in to unmask] (Lester Hendrix)
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It has been a few years since I rode the subway and I find there are no 
straps, and hence no real "straphangers." Does anyone know when the last 
straps were retired? Were they removed for a particular reason or merely 
omitted as newer cars replaced those with straps?

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