3rd Ave. El 1955
What is a 3rd Ave. El It s the elevated train that used to run up and down Manhattan until the mid1950 s, when it was decommissioned and turned into scrap metal. Despite this, you can still experience the trip through New York City that vanished over halfacentury ago, not only from the overhead view of the train window, but through the actual neighborhoods and with the authentic people who road it daily. A beatnik photographer with a tripod, a stumbling drunk from the old Bowery, a giddy little girl traveling with her father, and a couple on a romantic excursion help create a loose narrative. For the soundtrack, a sprightly rendition of Haydn s Concerto in D for Harpsichord is accompanied by all of the real sounds of a metropolitan elevated subway trip. Along with it s superb photography and creative editing, a viewing of 3rd Avenue El is like taking a ten minute vacation to a place that is no more. See more films at:
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