Fascinating article about the largest private development in the US to be built OVER the West Side Yard in NYC, without stopping the trains.
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Very neat.
There goes open air railroading, in favor of the developers.
Where a new sports stadium was supposed to go!
Ralph
That is an awesome undertaking! Cool animated video showing how it will happen too.
Art
I'm sure the railroad crews who have to work in that yard will love this!
No more working in rain or snow.
My first thought was "neat".
My second thought was"I wonder how the yards security will be upgraded?".
Enclosing that large of a very busy space and having it below thousands of people,I would think that Homeland Security would have some pretty interesting procedures and tech there.
Hmmm.
Nice place, but you should see the trainset in the basement!
Rusty
Harrumph. I work in the brown building which the tracks pass under as they funnel out of the yard on the way to Penn Station. Going to lose the view of the yard from our building, and of the tracks on the east side. Construction's going to be noisy, and we've already been warned about noise and vibration from construction.
David
Oh, didn't realize I had this pic handy. This is from the building where I work.
David
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OK, here's three views from this afternoon. Two looking west toward the Hudson River, one east toward Madison Square Garden and Penn Station.
When all the construction is done, it'll be good for the neighborhood. But, this building will be hemmed in by much taller buildings. The way of the city. And I'll miss the view of the tracks.
David
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Wow, how do you get any work done with that view?
great photos, you can clearly see the construction of the 'tunnel' box' that will contain the new cross-Hudson Gateway Tunnels, when they get built.
HI All I have worked in west side yards for many years. I don't know how they will
be able to work (railroad workers ) there in the summer months under that developement. The heat between tracks on a summer day can be 110 degrees and the noise from the equipment that is layed up there is very loud. I can't see them working there when the place is covered over.The walkways are to narrow now also.I am glad i am out of there !!!
Originally Posted by ddurling:
Fascinating article about the largest private development in the US to be built OVER the West Side Yard in NYC, without stopping the trains.
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If it is so "private", why did they get a tax break for it? I hope the people of NYC voted for it!
Developers have similar plans for the back yard of DCs Union Station. Areas that used to be considered a blight are now prime real estate, go figure.
Now that is my kind of development!! I know where there is an O-gauge model railroad that did something like this already...
Alan
Gentlemen,
Now that will be one heck of a train yard! A security night mare in the making!
PCRR/Dave
Originally Posted by NKP Muncie:
OK, here's three views from this afternoon. Two looking west toward the Hudson River, one east toward Madison Square Garden and Penn Station.
When all the construction is done, it'll be good for the neighborhood. But, this building will be hemmed in by much taller buildings. The way of the city. And I'll miss the view of the tracks.
David
It doesn't appear like the original open cut between the Post Office and your building is involved, so you'll still have this view to the east, at least for the near term.
Well, it's sort of hard to tell from the plans - but there's another development, Manhattan West, going up between where I work (450 W. 33rd) and the Farley Post Office, which will cover most, if not all of the view looking east. There's a former parking lot at the southwest corner of 9th Avenue and 33rd Street, where that red crane is on the left, where construction has begun.
http://www.manhattanwestnyc.com
David
This is a great economic development that will have a lot of jobs for
Long Islanders. Entrepreneurs at work doing what they do best, building Gotham And boosting GDP!
Long Islanders. Entrepreneurs at work doing what they do best, building Gotham And boosting GDP!
It appears that NYC is running out of space for new development. Building over a train yard isn't impossible but it isn't easy either. I would think that building the foundation will be a real challenge and an engineering marvel.
Joe
