Third Avenue El sales-home "Champion Bernard Weiselberg

"Champion Bernard Weiselberg

Whitney Warren

The Empire State Building glows at night in Manhattan

"The Supreme Court's decision is not self-enforcing

Third Avenue El sales-home "Champion Bernard Weiselberg"With many a hoot of the whistle, a six car train of the Third Avenue elevated made a slow and sentimental progress early last evening," declared a New York Times article on May 13, 1955, as a 77 year era ended with the final run of the original "El" train. It is seen here pulling out of Chatham Square station in Chinatown, heading north. About 850 passengers were on the last train of the last New York elevated line. The train was due to leave at 6 p.