Comments on: Fulton St. hub stuck in MTA purgatory

By: tallboy

tallboy — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:53:13 +0000

The current station plans require a big open space in the middle of the site to create the transfer hall between stations below grade. This will prevent any office building from bringing its elevator core and structure down to the foundation, and given the IRT and IND stations to the west and north, as well as the historic buildings on south and east, there is no easy way to support an office building on the site. All we’re going to get for this debacle is a one-story headhouse with a duane reade for retail.

By: Alon Levy

Alon Levy — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:37:25 +0000

Much like the plans for the World Trade Center site itself, this transit hub, once a vital part to the redevelopment of Lower Manhattah

Development doesn’t equal leveling blocks and building huge things on them. If they wanted to make a Fulton Street Transit Center, they should have spent the money on extending the LIRR and/or NJT there.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:12:19 +0000

Why don’t they just sell out the rights to build on the land to a private developer? They can erect a 15-20 story office tower and just have provisions to dedicate a portion of the lobby to act as a headhouse for the Fulton Street station. It doesn’t need to be grand nor does it need to be hidden away like Penn Station…it just needs to be functional and look halfway decent.

By: eric

eric — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:34:52 +0000

This entire project ABOVE ground was useless from the start. The underground work is a benefit for the public when finished but NOT the above ground work. That’s for the polititians only.

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Katie Lee Joel’s Burger Sham - City Room Blog - NYTimes.com — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:36:09 +0000

[...] hundred and fifty days later, we’re still waiting on the M.T.A.’s plans for the Fulton St. Transit Hub. [2nd Ave [...]

By: Marc Shepherd

Marc Shepherd — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:11:05 +0000

The story isn’t all bad. The 2/3 platforms were renovated quite a while ago, the 4/5 platforms have new entrances at the corner of Maiden Lane and Broadway, and apparently the Dey Street passageway is nearly done.

One can sugar-coat it only so far. They leveled a city block’s worth of buildings along Broadway between Fulton & John, and whatever will replace it still seems to be years away. I am just pointing out that the project is not entirely without benefits, despite all that has gone wrong with it.