Archive for the 'East Side Access Project' Category

East Side Access tunnel, idle for 30 years, ready to complete the journey

Friday, May 11th, 2007

The lower level of the 63rd St. tunnel will soon burrow its way to Grand Central Terminal. (Jacob Silberberg for The New York Times)
Alaska has its Bridge to Nowhere. New York, unbeknownst to most New Yorkers, has its Tunnel to Nowhere.
Built underneath the East River in the 1970s, the 63rd St. Tunnel is an artifact [...]

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Sunnyside residents worried about East Side Access impact

Tuesday, April 10th, 2007

Tunnels for the East Side Access project will run through the Sunnyside neighborhood in Queens. (Map courtesy of MTA Capital Construction)
Unhappy residents make poor political partners and, as the MTA is learning, excellent stories for journalists. While Second Ave. residents have expressed their collective dismay over a looming eviction, some New Yorkers across the East [...]

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