IND Second System Dreams: Subway to Staten Island

Via The JoeKorNer, a map segment from a 1939 plan that would have sent the F train across the narrows to Staten Island.  Will we ever find the kind of leadership in this country to bring big ideas to life? 

Just imagine what building out the IND second system would do for the economy and environment of not just NYC, but the region.  We have to get out of this rut.