{"id":7635,"date":"2014-01-06T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-06T05:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/?p=7635"},"modified":"2014-01-06T00:11:31","modified_gmt":"2014-01-06T05:11:31","slug":"1964-rochester-transit-terminal-concept","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/2014\/01\/1964-rochester-transit-terminal-concept\/","title":{"rendered":"1964 Rochester Transit Terminal Concept"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"A concept by RTC president William Lang for a central transit terminal at Main &#038; Clinton, Rochester NY. [IMAGE: Democrat &#038; Chronicle, January 29, 1967]\" rel=\"lightbox-centralTransitTerminalConcept\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-central-transit-terminal-concept-1964.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 6px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-central-transit-terminal-concept-1964.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"A concept by RTC president William Lang for a central transit terminal at Main &#038; Clinton, Rochester NY. [IMAGE: Democrat &#038; Chronicle, January 29, 1967]\" width=\"406\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nLike, WOW! I stumbled upon this concept for an elevated transit terminal in a 1967 D&#038;C article. The drawing shows how Rochester Transit Corporation president William Lang envisioned passengers would wait for their bus \u2013\u00a0suspended above the intersection of Main &#038; Clinton. This view is looking east toward Clinton Avenue with Sibley&#8217;s in the background&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><a title=\"A concept by RTC president William Lang for a central transit terminal at Main &#038; Clinton, Rochester NY. [IMAGE: Democrat &#038; Chronicle, January 29, 1967]\" rel=\"lightbox-centralTransitTerminalConcept\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-central-transit-terminal-concept-1964-02.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 6px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-central-transit-terminal-concept-1964-02.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"A concept by RTC president William Lang for a central transit terminal at Main &#038; Clinton, Rochester NY. [IMAGE: Democrat &#038; Chronicle, January 29, 1967]\" width=\"406\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIn the op-ed piece (above) Lang explains how this terminal would one day be the hub of a circular metropolitan transit system. Like a great big &#8220;wheel&#8221; the outer rim would connect all of Rochester&#8217;s towns, and &#8220;spokes from these collection points would speed passengers to the center of the city over exclusive rights of way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lang recounts his main points from a presentation he gave at a Civic Development Council luncheon on March 18, 1964&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-size:11px; margin:0px 0px 10px -20px;\"> The terminal would be at the center of the greater transit system and provide a speedy way for buses to load and unload passengers.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size:11px; margin:0px 0px 10px -20px;\"> The elevated structure would require no land use (although he probably meant no land-aquisition).<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size:11px; margin:0px 0px 10px -20px;\"> The concourse would be glass enclosed.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size:11px; margin:0px 0px 10px -20px;\"> Six sets of escalators provide access to street level.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size:11px; margin:0px 0px 10px -20px;\"> Covered platforms would extend from the escalator landings to provide cover for passengers alighting &#038; boarding.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size:11px; margin:0px 0px 10px -20px;\"> The terminal would be well-lit, heated, and air-conditioned.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size:11px; margin:0px 0px 10px -20px;\"> It would become a veritable community center of activity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Midtown Plaza, America's first indoor urban shopping mall. [PHOTO: Wikipedia, 2007]\" rel=\"lightbox-centralTransitTerminalConcept\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-interior.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 6px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-interior.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Midtown Plaza, America's first indoor urban shopping mall. [PHOTO: Wikipedia, 2007]\" width=\"406\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe modernist style is so typical of the era. It brings to mind images from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alamedainfo.com\/New_York_World's_Fair_The_New_York_State_Exhibit_Tent_of_Tomorrow_DT_87415_B.jpg\" target=\"_new\">1964-65 World&#8217;s Fair <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:relative; top:2px;\" alt=\"external link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/icon_link.gif\" width=\"15\" heigth=\"11\" border=\"0\"><\/a>, and even Rochester&#8217;s own <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Midtown_Plaza_(Rochester)\" target=\"_new\">Midtown Plaza <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:relative; top:2px;\" alt=\"external link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/icon_link.gif\" width=\"15\" heigth=\"11\" border=\"0\"><\/a> formerly at this very intersection.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"The new RTS transit terminal under construction at Mortimer Street, Rochester NY. [PHOTO: RGRTA]\" rel=\"lightbox-centralTransitTerminalConcept\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-rts-transit-center-08.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 6px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-rts-transit-center-08.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"The new RTS transit terminal under construction at Mortimer Street, Rochester NY. [PHOTO: RGRTA]\" width=\"406\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n50 years later (and two blocks from Main &#038; Clinton) Rochester&#8217;s central bus terminal is now less than a year away from completion. Alas, our buses still do not speed passengers along any exclusive rights of way, as Lang envisioned. But perhaps by 2064? \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like, WOW! I stumbled upon this concept for an elevated transit terminal in a 1967 D&#038;C article. 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