A sympathy piece in this week’s New York Magazine details how businesses along the Second Ave. Subway construction zone are suffering. It’s tale we’ve heard before, and while I’m sympathetic to the plight of these business owners and encourage the MTA to fairly compensate them, I can’t oppose one project that stands to benefits hundreds [...]
The MTA will delay but not cancel big capital construction projects in an effort to address nearly $1 billion in cost overruns, Marlene Naanes writes in amNew York. While disappointing, this development comes as no surprise after the news this week has focused on runaway inflation and over-budget MTA projects.
Despite these delays, however, MTA officials [...]
When the MTA hinted earlier this week that budgetary problems and concerns about inflation were going to drastically alter the Fulton St. Transit Hub plans, I figured the Second Ave. Subway would not be spared the proverbial knife as well. When MTA CEO Lee Sander said that MTA Capital Construction was looking to trim [...]
Construction on the Second Ave. subway has cut into sidewalk space along the avenue. This shot looks south at the southwest corner of 94th St. and Second Ave. (Photo courtesy of The Launch Box)
It’s no small feat to construct a subway. Old photos — available in The City Beneath Us — clearly show the distruptive [...]
On the same day that the Second Ave. deli reopened, the Second Ave. Subway got a little pork of its own. New York City House Representatives Carolyn Maloney and Jose Serrano announced yesterday that the federal government will be sending an additional $160 million New York’s way for the Second Ave. Subway. The money comes [...]
The MTA’s Arts for Transit has put out a call for proposals for station art for the Second Ave. Subway stops. The public arts commissions for the stations at 96th, 86th, 72nd, and 63rd Sts. could cost as much as $1 million each and are expected to cover as much of the 2200 square feet [...]
Yesterday afternoon, I covered the MTA’s announcement of a $1.3-billion federal grant for the Second Ave. subway with a look at how we’re simply repeating the past here. The Second Ave. subway’s tortured history is filled with federal grants that have never turned into a physical subway line.
But this time, as one commenter [...]
There’s an old saying in New York, “Everything new is old again.” And today’s announcement concerning the $1.3 billion heading the MTA’s way for the Second Ave. Subway certainly fits that bill.
First, the news, courtesy of William Neuman and The New York Times:
The long-dreamed-of Second Avenue subway will take another important step toward becoming [...]
Sadly, the SAS right there doesn’t refer to a large government subsidy for this blog but rather the funds needed to complete Phase I of the long-awaited Second Avenue Subway. I’ll have more on this story and the future of the Second Ave. Subway later on today. [The New York Times]
Via Subchat comes the coolest subway audio file you’ll hear in a long time. It’s one of the pre-recorded messages for the new R160 Q trains that you should expect to hear in, oh, 2012 or so. Take a listen:
