>>1623490https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Blizzard_of_1888https://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/The_Blizzard_of_1888;_the_Impact_of_this_Devastating_Storm_on_New_York_Transitone of the many factors that motivated the city to tear down all the El structures in Manhattan. shit was broken for days. Of course, that was back when the weather disaster they expected was snow (bad for El, good for subway) and not hurricanes (floods subways, spares elevated rail).