Comments on: Cortlandt St. nearly ready

By: rhywun

rhywun — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:13:44 +0000

Neat mnemonic!

Yep, that’s the northernmost entry. The entrance to the E is just ahead.

By: Jerrold

Jerrold — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:02:12 +0000

By the way, I once figured out the following trick for remembering the order of the streets on the east side of the WTC site.
After Liberty St., the next four streets going northward along Church St. just happen to be in alphabetical order:

Cortlandt, Dey, Fulton, Vesey.

By: Jerrold

Jerrold — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:56:56 +0000

I believe that the photo is of the entrance between Dey St. and Fulton St.
Those trees in the churchyard indicate to me that the next block is the block from Fulton St. to Vesey St.

By: Benjamin Kabak

Benjamin Kabak — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:55:31 +0000

It’s really a problem of agency, right? Because some of what you’re talking about involves the MTA, some involves Port Authority, some involves the city and some involves two or three of those different actors working together. It creates a mess.

By: Jerrold

Jerrold — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:49:08 +0000

This situation only illustrates the completely disorganized nature of the progress in World Trade Center rebuilding.

First they reopen that station, then they close it.
Then they reopen half of it.
They open an “out-of-system” connection between the E train terminal and the Cortlandt St. station (and the PATH trains), then they close it again.
They rebuild and reopen the sidewalk on the west side of Church St., then they close it off again.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:12:01 +0000

I suspect that the largest single group of beneficiaries will be PATH riders.

By: rhywun

rhywun — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:53:44 +0000

Cool, I can’t wait to use this for my morning commute.

By: herenthere

herenthere — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:41:51 +0000

Hope the MTA’s new head starts realizing the potential for more and better PR – publicizing the reopening of this station will hopefully earn them a few points!

By: Benjamin Kabak

Benjamin Kabak — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:28:53 +0000

You're right. I even reported on that date in May. I'll edit the post.

By: Scott E

Scott E — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:22:53 +0000

There are also three northbound entrances to the station, one on either side of Dey St and one just north of Cortlandt St. If this photo was taken at the southernmost (Cortlandt) entrance – I can’t tell from the photo – it probably wouldn’t connect to the Dey St connector anyway.

Then again, there is an unpaid connection between the Wall St. 4/5 and the Broad St. J/M/Z station, but the outdoor signs don’t tell you that either.