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Re: "Meaningless" Letters (Re: NT? You've got to be kidding me)

Jeremey-Stuart de Fishberg — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:57:41 GMT

LX 4- was changed to LW 4- because people mistakenly thought it was LExington 4. Jeremey-Stuart de Fishberg ... From: freddyr34 Subject:

"Meaningless" Letters (Re: NT? You've got to be kidding me)

freddyr34 — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:19:29 GMT

... used in NY City. Many new exchanges started in NY City around 1960 had designations like TT 5, LL 6, and the like. Even when it looked like the first 2

Re: "Meaningless" Letters (Re: NT? You've got to be kidding me)

Steph Kerman — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:26:19 GMT

As I pointed out most recently on 6/5/2009 at 2:13 PM, during the time frame being discussed they appear to have been weening the public off meaningful

"Meaningless" Letters (Re: NT? You've got to be kidding me)

Bruce R. Gilson — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:14:43 GMT

... Not "might have been used." The practice WAS DEFINITELY USED in NY City. About 1960, all new exchanges in NY City were just two letters, not standing for

"Meaningless" Letters (Re: NT? You've got to be kidding me)

Bruce R. Gilson — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:10:23 GMT

... Not just "might have been used at the time in NY City." WAS DEFINITELY used in NY City. Many new exchanges started in NY City around 1960 had designations

"Meaningless" Letters (Re: NT? You've got to be kidding me)

Mark J. Cuccia — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 06:42:55 GMT

... Starting in the late 50s and even for a brief time in the early 1960s, New York Telephone frequently used "meaningless" letters for the first two "digits"

Re: NT? You've got to be kidding me....

Steph Kerman — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 06:14:35 GMT

You might have to settle for a phrase. How about "Not There"? =SK=

NT? You've got to be kidding me....

Rob Griffiths — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 05:25:24 GMT

I heard about the TEN Project a while back. It made me think of some of the old phone numbers from the Long Island and New York City of my youth. Like the

Re: AR 6- Mystery Solved

Bruce R. Gilson — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 15:05:14 GMT

... Of course. The fact that it could have been TUlip 5, when the Northeast Bronx already had TUlip 1 and 2 is one of the reasons that many people considered

Re: AR 6- Mystery Solved

Thomas Saunders — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 21:18:56 GMT

And yet there was a TUlip 2 just a couple of miles away in the Cruger Ave. CO in the Bronx. BTW, TT5 on City Island was a #5 X-bar that replaced the last

Re: AR 6- Mystery Solved

DON BORKOWSKI — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 16:28:27 GMT

If it were 10 years later (1969), I would have been tempted to call TT5 as TipToe or TinyTim. In pre-1955 Portland, TU was TUxedo, later to become ATlantic8.

Re: Selected-Letter Exchanges

chelsea2@... — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 13:40:35 GMT

... NBC also took advantage of ANC. When their 27-position cord board closed on July 4, 1976, CIrcle 7-8300 became 664-4444 for Radio 66 and Channel 4. They

Re: Selected-Letter Exchanges

Joseph Singer — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 13:29:36 GMT

... Previously PLaza 1-2345 ! + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + Joseph Singer weekilter@...

Re: AR 6- Mystery Solved

Bruce R. Gilson — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 13:16:00 GMT

... This reminds me of 885, which was listed as TUlip 5 in a 1959 directory (in the file section of this group!) but when it was actually established in the

Re: Selected-Letter Exchanges

Thomas Saunders — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 12:51:24 GMT

And don't forget CBS, which took full advantage of the conversion to all-numeric. Their number? 765-4321 Tom Saunders