Hudson Yards

**GordonGecko** · November 29th, 2011, 08:54 PM

You'll never see a 2nd avenue T train in your lifetime

**Sid** · November 29th, 2011, 09:15 PM

Are they going to add service to the N subway so that service frequency in Astoria is not reduced when the Q is rerouted to 2nd Avenue?

**GordonGecko** · November 29th, 2011, 09:58 PM

Either that or bring back the W train

**londonlawyer** · November 30th, 2011, 06:48 AM

I saw an article suggesting that the 7 train should be extended all the way down to the southern tip of the island. That's a great idea. It's a shame that we spend $575m/year on the military (not counting the budget for wars of aggression) and therefore, have no money for basic infrastructure.

**antinimby** · November 30th, 2011, 12:23 PM

I think you mean billion? You can't even build a halfway decent office tower in this city for $575 million.

Let's face it, we like to fight.

**BBMW** · November 30th, 2011, 12:31 PM

Yeah, okay, I'll pick this up.

That's just stupid. The supertall of it's era (and still currently), the Empire State Building, was intentionally put in an out of the way location (for it's time), to visually accentuate it height. Other than as a tourist attraction, it's been an economic white elephant ever since.

The supertalls should go where maximum density is called far. In NYC, that's the midtown core. There are a couple of sites in midtown that could accomodate 1,200'+ towers. I'd like to see them built.

Originally Posted by ttk

Supertalls belong in this neighborhood, not in the middle of Midtown.

Cue the haters!

**HoveringCheesecake** · November 30th, 2011, 01:06 PM

Originally Posted by londonlawyer

I saw an article suggesting that the 7 train should be extended all the way down to the southern tip of the island. That's a great idea. It's a shame that we spend $575m/year on the military (not counting the budget for wars of aggression) and therefore, have no money for basic infrastructure.

I think you're missing a few zeroes on that defense budget. If it was only 575 million dollars, then we'd have a practical slush fund for anything we wanted.

But no. We need more and better bombs to kill more people.

**Tectonic** · November 30th, 2011, 06:33 PM

Our inability to build for the future is mind-boggling. Its such a simple must.

**londonlawyer** · November 30th, 2011, 10:04 PM

Originally Posted by HoveringCheesecake

I think you're missing a few zeroes on that defense budget. If it was only 575 million dollars, then we'd have a practical slush fund for anything we wanted.

But no. We need more and better bombs to kill more people.

I meant billion.

**mariab** · January 16th, 2012, 09:39 PM

California company to build Hudson Yards project

Tutor Perini hired for $4 billion West Side construction

Comments By Erin Durkin / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Sunday, January 15 2012, 10:20 PM

THE DEVELOPER of the Hudson Yards project is bringing in an out-of-town construction giant to build the massive development.
Related Companies hired California-based firm Tutor Perini for the $4 billion West Side project, Crain’s New York reported.
Related officials wanted to slash costs and were unhappy with the terms of deals worked out this summer between city contractors and construction unions, according to Crain’s.
The move is a blow to the city’s big construction companies, which had hoped to score the contract for the sprawling 15-year project.
Hudson Yards is slated to include nine housing towers, three office buildings, stores, a new school and a cultural center. Work is set to begin later this year.
Most of the city’s major projects are built by a handful of big firms — Turner, Tishman Construction, Lend Lease and Plaza — but developers have grown frustrated with the difficulty of keeping down costs.
“I think it’s an aggressive move,” Steven Spinola, president of the Real Estate Board of New York, told Crain’s. “Bringing another significant company like this into the city is positive for competition.”
Erin Durkin

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/cali...icle-1.1006706

**BklynPenny** · February 24th, 2012, 06:41 PM

Last weekend, I was on the High Line at 30th Street and saw that Tutor Perini already started mobilizing. They're using that lot east of the High Line off of 10th Avenue, between 29th and 30th St as a staging area.

**USSManhattan** · February 25th, 2012, 12:33 AM

Took my parents on the Highline Thursday; I also saw staging work on the the site BklynPenny mentioned as well as some moving around on the actual HY site.

**BklynPenny** · March 1st, 2012, 07:53 PM

Originally Posted by USSManhattan

Took my parents on the Highline Thursday; I also saw staging work on the the site BklynPenny mentioned as well as some moving around on the actual HY site.

What did you see on the HY site? I hadn't really looked in that direction.

**lofter1** · March 1st, 2012, 10:41 PM

On the lot next to the High Line at SW corner of Tenth & W 30th they've started digging out for the foundation of Related's new residential building set to rise there.