Comments on: Official: Hudson Yards to take ‘decades’ to complete http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/04/16/official-hudson-yards-to-take-decades-to-complete/ A New York City Subway Blog Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:57:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: real estate firms brooklyn http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/04/16/official-hudson-yards-to-take-decades-to-complete/#comment-60294 real estate firms brooklyn Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:04:37 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=2709#comment-60294 Hopefully this gets done quickly. Hopefully this gets done quickly.

]]> By: Jerrold http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/04/16/official-hudson-yards-to-take-decades-to-complete/#comment-60192 Jerrold Fri, 17 Apr 2009 22:37:12 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=2709#comment-60192 It would make more sense to build the 10th Ave. station FIRST, and THEN to extend the line to a "Javits Center" station at 34th St. and 11th Ave. Even if doing it this way would take twice as long, it still would be better than keeping the current plan. It has been pointed out that the gap between the Times Square station and the Javits Center station would be the LONGEST gap between any two consecutive stations in the system, except in places where you are crossing the river. It would make more sense to build the 10th Ave. station FIRST, and THEN to extend the line to a “Javits Center” station at 34th St. and 11th Ave. Even if doing it this way would take twice as long, it still would be better than keeping the current plan.
It has been pointed out that the gap between the Times Square station and the Javits Center station would be the LONGEST gap between any two consecutive stations in the system, except in places where you are crossing the river.

]]> By: petey http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/04/16/official-hudson-yards-to-take-decades-to-complete/#comment-60188 petey Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:56:24 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=2709#comment-60188 spot-on. spot-on.

]]> By: west side! http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/04/16/official-hudson-yards-to-take-decades-to-complete/#comment-60182 west side! Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:38:56 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=2709#comment-60182 A private developer is funding the platform construction and despite the comments reporterd by the press, the project is moving forward. The City Council approved the east side zoning a few weeks back and the west yard zoning process is kicking off next month. This wasteland will soon be a thriving neighborhood, but it all takes time A private developer is funding the platform construction and despite the comments reporterd by the press, the project is moving forward. The City Council approved the east side zoning a few weeks back and the west yard zoning process is kicking off next month. This wasteland will soon be a thriving neighborhood, but it all takes time

]]> By: Gary Reilly http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/04/16/official-hudson-yards-to-take-decades-to-complete/#comment-60179 Gary Reilly Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:48:37 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=2709#comment-60179 This project is the Reader's Digest condensed version of Mike Bloomberg policy priorities. This project is the Reader’s Digest condensed version of Mike Bloomberg policy priorities.

]]> By: Benjamin Kabak http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/04/16/official-hudson-yards-to-take-decades-to-complete/#comment-60174 Benjamin Kabak Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:11:18 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=2709#comment-60174 It's not a matter of not building ahead of development. Right now, it's a matter of prioritizing investment. There are numerous projects — transit-related at that — that could use the $2 billion, including the Second Ave. Subway and a 200-mile BRT system that are better for the city than a line built only for a giant real estate developer. It’s not a matter of not building ahead of development. Right now, it’s a matter of prioritizing investment. There are numerous projects — transit-related at that — that could use the $2 billion, including the Second Ave. Subway and a 200-mile BRT system that are better for the city than a line built only for a giant real estate developer.

]]> By: Kid Twist http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/04/16/official-hudson-yards-to-take-decades-to-complete/#comment-60173 Kid Twist Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:00:21 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=2709#comment-60173 Most of the lines that now serve Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx were built when there was nothing there. The Manhattan els snaked their way north back when Upper Manhattan was still farmland. Until World War II, this city always understood the need to build transit ahead of development. Most of the lines that now serve Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx were built when there was nothing there. The Manhattan els snaked their way north back when Upper Manhattan was still farmland. Until World War II, this city always understood the need to build transit ahead of development.

]]> By: South Ferry Shuttle http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/04/16/official-hudson-yards-to-take-decades-to-complete/#comment-60170 South Ferry Shuttle Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:30:54 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=2709#comment-60170 It's an excellent allocation of resources. Transit needs to be built first to spur future development. Get the transit in the ground before the next serious real estate market upturn and watch those timelines get moved forward a few decades. On a practical level, being concerned only with immediate development, the extensions makes sense enough for the first phases of the development along the extension as well as for the Javits Center. It's not like the entire project is just getting started two decades from now, rather, it will take a while to fill everything in. Anyway, timeline estimates are a dime a dozen. It’s an excellent allocation of resources. Transit needs to be built first to spur future development. Get the transit in the ground before the next serious real estate market upturn and watch those timelines get moved forward a few decades.

On a practical level, being concerned only with immediate development, the extensions makes sense enough for the first phases of the development along the extension as well as for the Javits Center. It’s not like the entire project is just getting started two decades from now, rather, it will take a while to fill everything in. Anyway, timeline estimates are a dime a dozen.

]]> By: Woody http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/04/16/official-hudson-yards-to-take-decades-to-complete/#comment-60168 Woody Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:08:10 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=2709#comment-60168 The $2 billion that the City is planning to spend on the extension of the 7 line should be put aside until after this recession is well past, probably 5 years from a real-estate development timeline. Instead the $2 billion should be used to speed up the completion of the 2nd Ave Subway from 63rd up to 125 Street. The $2 billion that the City is planning to spend on the extension of the 7 line should be put aside until after this recession is well past, probably 5 years from a real-estate development timeline.

Instead the $2 billion should be used to speed up the completion of the 2nd Ave Subway from 63rd up to 125 Street.

]]> By: Rhywun http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/04/16/official-hudson-yards-to-take-decades-to-complete/#comment-60167 Rhywun Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:19:47 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=2709#comment-60167 Aren't they waiting for a single mega-developer to step up and build the platform over the yard? Or are we paying for that? I can't remember which. Aren’t they waiting for a single mega-developer to step up and build the platform over the yard? Or are we paying for that? I can’t remember which.

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