Recent content by found5dollar

As far as i know the bellmouth to the Bronx was not built. It was canceled to save money. Someone that is more versed in this can probably chime in with more info.

Also, for those not keeping up with Second Ave Subway stuff, it is supposed to begin heavy construction of Phase 2 this year. the current station designs are in this document: https://www.mta.info/document/175101

FYI Kathy Hochul is putting her weight behind extending the 2nd ave subway down 125th all the way to Broadway. https://www.mta.info/document/196361 The tunnel boring machines will already be there so this makes sense but holey-moley are those stations deep. At least they are not elevator only...

New schematics on Second Ave Subway phase 2 stations just dropped. Look at all those elevator only stations.

this one is so exciting!

cleared the cache, restarted the phone. still no luck.

Any time I try to access Archboston on my phone I'm getting "Forbidden. You don't have permission to access this resource. Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request."

Are you arguing that putting out free public seating makes a space *less* usable by the public?

The developer of the supertall 9 Dekalb, aka the Dime Savings Bank Tower in downtown Brooklyn, has defaulted on a loan and the tower has been scheduled for a foreclosure auction on June 10th. https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2024/03/27/michael-stern-defaults-on-brooklyns-9-dekalb-ave/

PennDOT just released a study for several new passenger rail lines in the Lehigh Valley. https://lvpc.org/passenger-rail

Yet another Cool New Thing ™️ that is really just a casino development proposal.

They finally released renderings for this one and Holy hell it is even more hideous than I thought it would be. https://newyorkyimby.com/2024/03/renderings-revealed-for-the-torch-at-740-eighth-avenue-in-midtown-manhattan.html

They keep presenting Cool New Things ™️ all over the city, but once you read far enough down you realize it's just another casino development proposal. https://www.dezeen.com/2024/02/12/big-freedom-plaza-development-east-river-manhattan/

New Port Authority renderings just dropped. 8 years of construction in two 4 year chunks. Completed by 2032. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/01/nyregion/port-authority-bus-terminal-replacement.html

just heard news that the Bank of New Hampshire is has started construction on a new building in Laconia. They will build this, move their workers over, then tear down the current building. I was curious so looked up the planning board documents from earlier in the year. While the plot of land is...