As the Tishman Speyer deal for the Hudson Yards collapsed completely on Tuesday, tempers have flared over the fate of development along the West Side. In one corner, we have Sen. Chuck Schumer fighting for Moynihan Station and office space in and around Penn Station. In the other corner, we have Mayor Mike Bloomberg, […]
Well, this latest Hudson Yards development is not very good news for the MTA.
In a turn of events that one could call shocking or not shocking at all, the $1 billion deal between the MTA and Tishman Speyer for the rights to the Hudson Yards has fallen apart. The word first broke via […]
The old platform on the lower level at Times Square will soon be lost to the 7 Line Extension. (Photo by Tyler Hicks/The New York Times)
Astute subway buffs know where to look for the tell-tale signs of the mysterious lower level underneath the 8th Ave. IND platform at 42nd St. Stand on the northern edge […]
December’s groundbreaking ceremony for the 7 Extension may have been a bit premature. (AP Photos)
Ah, remember those glorious days in December when hope sprang eternal and the City and MTA broke ground on the 7 Line Extension?
Let the nostalgia wash over you because here comes the bad news: That 7 Line Extension project — and […]
I bet tourists would be really confused by this sign if it were still there. (AP Photos)
When last we checked in on the 7 Line Extension at the project’s groundbreaking, Senator Chuck Schumer had just called upon the City of the New York and the MTA to resolve their differences concerning cost overruns for the […]
34th St. and 11th Ave. still seems like the middle of nowhere to me. (Source: AP)
We are now in the middle of a golden age of subway expansion. For the second time this year, the MTA celebrated a groundbreaking as city, state and agency officials gathered in the Times Square station to launch the 7 […]
Officials from the MTA and New York City will gather in the Times Square station to break ground on the 7 line extension this Monday. The planned extension, set to be completed by 2014, will see the 7 line terminate at 34th St. and 11th Ave. While plans call for a shell of a station […]
The MTA voted today to approve the 7 line extension. Only Andrew Saul, also the lone dissenter on the MTA’s finance committee, voted against the one-bid contract, and MTA CEO Elliot Sander said the board would take up the issue of cost over-runs in two years. [Cityroom]
Generally, when an expansion plan receives a contract bid and this bid is sent to a governing committee for approval, the approval is generally a sure thing. While those in charge — in this case, members of MTA’s finance committee — may voice objections during debate, the end result is generally an all-or-nothing vote. […]
That station at 41st and 10th Ave. will no longer be a part of the plans for the 7 line extension.
The funding battles and plans for the 7 line extension are starting to mirror the tortured history of the Second Ave. Subway. For years, transit officials would plan the Second Ave. Subway, start the project […]
