http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/07/02/as-ground-zero-rebuilding-slows-lower-manhattan-subway-stations-remain-shuttered/ A New York City Subway Blog Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:47:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/07/02/as-ground-zero-rebuilding-slows-lower-manhattan-subway-stations-remain-shuttered/#comment-38811 Louis Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:54:25 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=980#comment-38811 Worker safety is much more stringent than in the days of the original construction. Worker safety is much more stringent than in the days of the original construction.

]]> http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/07/02/as-ground-zero-rebuilding-slows-lower-manhattan-subway-stations-remain-shuttered/#comment-38682 JP Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:06:08 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=980#comment-38682 Also what is being built now is more complex because of the need to follow more stringent building codes, provide for technological amenities and every dime being spent requires a complex analysis like EIS and the like. Also what is being built now is more complex because of the need to follow more stringent building codes, provide for technological amenities and every dime being spent requires a complex analysis like EIS and the like.

]]> http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/07/02/as-ground-zero-rebuilding-slows-lower-manhattan-subway-stations-remain-shuttered/#comment-38527 Alon Levy Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:32:00 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=980#comment-38527 Prices are higher. The budget for the Second System was 438 million dollars, or 5.5 billion in 2008 dollars. Nowadays the same budget suffices for SAS from 63rd to about 110th Street. Prices are higher. The budget for the Second System was 438 million dollars, or 5.5 billion in 2008 dollars. Nowadays the same budget suffices for SAS from 63rd to about 110th Street.

]]> http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/07/02/as-ground-zero-rebuilding-slows-lower-manhattan-subway-stations-remain-shuttered/#comment-38451 Boris Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:05:06 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=980#comment-38451 I wonder what changed between the 60's and now in terms of public construction financing and management. Are people lazier? Is less money available? Is there more corruption? Is the bureaucracy differently structured? Do people feel uninspired and depressed by what's going on in the world? I wonder what changed between the 60’s and now in terms of public construction financing and management. Are people lazier? Is less money available? Is there more corruption? Is the bureaucracy differently structured? Do people feel uninspired and depressed by what’s going on in the world?

]]> http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/07/02/as-ground-zero-rebuilding-slows-lower-manhattan-subway-stations-remain-shuttered/#comment-38439 ScottE Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:41:44 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=980#comment-38439 It never made sense to me to build <i>two</i> Transit Centers, one at WTC, the other at Broadway/Fulton/Nassau, a block apart from one another -- connected by an underground passageway as well. If the two agencies joined forces and finances, perhaps there would be one fully functional hub, rather than a relocated temporary PATH entrance and a vacant lot where the shops at Broadway and Fulton one stood. It never made sense to me to build two Transit Centers, one at WTC, the other at Broadway/Fulton/Nassau, a block apart from one another — connected by an underground passageway as well. If the two agencies joined forces and finances, perhaps there would be one fully functional hub, rather than a relocated temporary PATH entrance and a vacant lot where the shops at Broadway and Fulton one stood.

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