Old dirty New York

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I was going to post this in old dirty boston, but figured Id just make a new thread:

-I was watching a video on hudson yards and realized I had never seen what grand central stations train yard looked like before the air rights were built on top of it. Heres a few pictures for anyone who was curious.

I think this one is a render, but a nice aerial view.

Plus a bunch more from the nycurbanism ig page:

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One of the best stories about Hudson Yards is the McDonalds on the corner of 10th Ave and W34th Street. It was a massive McDonalds and had a parking lot, mainly full of taxis. Supposedly the franchisee owned the land (can't seem to verify online) - I bet no one wanted the land as that side of town was such a dump for so long. They held out for a long time and got a massive payout - $152M.

https://commercialobserver.com/2016/01/related-pays-152m-for-a-far-west-side-mcdonalds/