Comments on: Down the rabbit hole, a tunnel boring machine comes alive http://secondavenuesagas.com/2010/05/14/down-the-rabbit-hole-a-tunnel-boring-machine-comes-alive/ A New York City Subway Blog Sat, 26 May 2012 04:42:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Video: Scenes from the Second Ave. Subway :: Second Ave. Sagas http://secondavenuesagas.com/2010/05/14/down-the-rabbit-hole-a-tunnel-boring-machine-comes-alive/#comment-253850 Video: Scenes from the Second Ave. Subway :: Second Ave. Sagas Tue, 13 Mar 2012 20:15:07 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=5919#comment-253850 [...] from the construction site. It’s quite something to see how the work has progress since the TBM launched in May of 2010 and since my last visit in March of 2011. Just four years and 8.5 months of construction left, if [...] [...] from the construction site. It’s quite something to see how the work has progress since the TBM launched in May of 2010 and since my last visit in March of 2011. Just four years and 8.5 months of construction left, if [...]

]]> By: The view from inside the Second Ave. Subway :: Second Ave. Sagas http://secondavenuesagas.com/2010/05/14/down-the-rabbit-hole-a-tunnel-boring-machine-comes-alive/#comment-192311 The view from inside the Second Ave. Subway :: Second Ave. Sagas Thu, 07 Apr 2011 20:58:30 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=5919#comment-192311 [...] city’s largest ongoing public works project. I had the opportunity to attend that launch and posted the photos back in [...] [...] city’s largest ongoing public works project. I had the opportunity to attend that launch and posted the photos back in [...]

]]> By: Let the madness begin! » Blog Archive » Amazing Tunnel Machine http://secondavenuesagas.com/2010/05/14/down-the-rabbit-hole-a-tunnel-boring-machine-comes-alive/#comment-186445 Let the madness begin! » Blog Archive » Amazing Tunnel Machine Tue, 08 Mar 2011 01:41:21 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=5919#comment-186445 [...] link [...] [...] link [...]

]]> By: The Second Ave. Sagas Top Ten of 2010 :: Second Ave. Sagas http://secondavenuesagas.com/2010/05/14/down-the-rabbit-hole-a-tunnel-boring-machine-comes-alive/#comment-165680 The Second Ave. Sagas Top Ten of 2010 :: Second Ave. Sagas Fri, 31 Dec 2010 07:32:11 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=5919#comment-165680 [...] A launch box and art for a subway in progress Shortly before I had a chance to tour the Second Ave. Subway launch box, the MTA’s own photograph published photos of the construction site. I explored the work in [...] [...] A launch box and art for a subway in progress Shortly before I had a chance to tour the Second Ave. Subway launch box, the MTA’s own photograph published photos of the construction site. I explored the work in [...]

]]> By: Underneath 2nd Ave., a TBM struggles to move forward :: Second Ave. Sagas http://secondavenuesagas.com/2010/05/14/down-the-rabbit-hole-a-tunnel-boring-machine-comes-alive/#comment-87264 Underneath 2nd Ave., a TBM struggles to move forward :: Second Ave. Sagas Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:01:06 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=5919#comment-87264 [...] ago, local politicians and MTA officials came together in the giant pit underneath Second Ave. to celebrate the launch of Adi, the tunnel boring machine for the Second Ave. Subway. While symbolic, the launch was a momentous [...] [...] ago, local politicians and MTA officials came together in the giant pit underneath Second Ave. to celebrate the launch of Adi, the tunnel boring machine for the Second Ave. Subway. While symbolic, the launch was a momentous [...]

]]> By: A slow start to the TBM’s journey down 2nd Ave. :: Second Ave. Sagas http://secondavenuesagas.com/2010/05/14/down-the-rabbit-hole-a-tunnel-boring-machine-comes-alive/#comment-84507 A slow start to the TBM’s journey down 2nd Ave. :: Second Ave. Sagas Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:01:44 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=5919#comment-84507 [...] six weeks, the MTA brought politicians and reporters underneath Second Ave. for the ceremonial launch of the Second Ave. Subway tunnel boring machine. The MTA’s plans called for the TBM to dig [...] [...] six weeks, the MTA brought politicians and reporters underneath Second Ave. for the ceremonial launch of the Second Ave. Subway tunnel boring machine. The MTA’s plans called for the TBM to dig [...]

]]> By: Rachel Maddow explores the SAS launch box :: Second Ave. Sagas http://secondavenuesagas.com/2010/05/14/down-the-rabbit-hole-a-tunnel-boring-machine-comes-alive/#comment-80443 Rachel Maddow explores the SAS launch box :: Second Ave. Sagas Tue, 01 Jun 2010 20:31:52 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=5919#comment-80443 [...] mid-May, I took a trip into the Second Ave. Subway launch box as part of the MTA’s ceremonial launch of the tunnel boring machine. On Friday, MSNBC’s [...] [...] mid-May, I took a trip into the Second Ave. Subway launch box as part of the MTA’s ceremonial launch of the tunnel boring machine. On Friday, MSNBC’s [...]

]]> By: Tim http://secondavenuesagas.com/2010/05/14/down-the-rabbit-hole-a-tunnel-boring-machine-comes-alive/#comment-79157 Tim Wed, 19 May 2010 11:19:12 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=5919#comment-79157 This one is above Albany's pay grade (praise jeebus), and the Feds I'm pretty sure don't F aroudn with dollars, this thing will guaranteed open to the public at least to 96th st, and 90% sure it'll be at 125th be 2025 (yeah, I know). This one is above Albany’s pay grade (praise jeebus), and the Feds I’m pretty sure don’t F aroudn with dollars, this thing will guaranteed open to the public at least to 96th st, and 90% sure it’ll be at 125th be 2025 (yeah, I know).

]]> By: Nathanael http://secondavenuesagas.com/2010/05/14/down-the-rabbit-hole-a-tunnel-boring-machine-comes-alive/#comment-79118 Nathanael Tue, 18 May 2010 23:12:35 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=5919#comment-79118 If station mining is finished, station fitting-out will be finished; the return on investment from finishing at *that* point would be so great no mayor could resist it. I do hope the station mining gets finished (note that finishing the *tunneling* does not guarantee finishing the *station mining* -- does anyone fancy an SAS which is missing its two intermediate stations?) If station mining is finished, station fitting-out will be finished; the return on investment from finishing at *that* point would be so great no mayor could resist it.

I do hope the station mining gets finished (note that finishing the *tunneling* does not guarantee finishing the *station mining* — does anyone fancy an SAS which is missing its two intermediate stations?)

]]> By: Nathanael http://secondavenuesagas.com/2010/05/14/down-the-rabbit-hole-a-tunnel-boring-machine-comes-alive/#comment-79117 Nathanael Tue, 18 May 2010 23:08:48 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=5919#comment-79117 Station construction is complicated, and contains a lot of things which have to be done one-after-the-other, not simultaneously. Station construction will probably actually be the single thing controlling the opening date. Station construction is complicated, and contains a lot of things which have to be done one-after-the-other, not simultaneously. Station construction will probably actually be the single thing controlling the opening date.

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