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This is really cool, I was unaware of it prior to this article. For those like me who were hoping for more info about the project, the wikipedia entry is prett
by adanto6840 14y ago
This is really cool, I was unaware of it prior to this article. For those like me who were hoping for more info about the project, the wikipedia entry is pretty good:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Side_Access http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Side_Access
Update:
Just found weekly photo status updates too -- wish all the larger government projects did something like this!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mtacc-esa http://www.flickr.com/photos/mtacc-esa
- ajtaylor 14y agoI would have killed for pictures like this for the Big Dig in Boston! I lived in the North End for a year while it was going on, though sadly I never got to see pictures like these - only enduring the daily changing traffic patterns.
- jseliger 14y agoThe Second Avenue subway is also under construction (finally!): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Avenue_Subway http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Avenue_Subway . It's been in various planning stages since 1929, and its absence is keenly felt by those of us living on the east side (in my case, First Avenue). If you're just interested in big works, take a look at the Highway 99 project in Seattle: http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2020537494_99tunnelpitxml.html http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2020537494_99tunnelpi... .
- jonknee 14y agoThat is pretty great. Too bad the same team isn't updating the project's website, it's ridiculously out of date (safe to say none of the budget overruns were spent on the PR campaign). http://www.mta.info/capconstr/esas/ http://www.mta.info/capconstr/esas/ Under project news: > "Excavation to create the caverns with in Grand Central Terminal are currently underway and have an estimated completion date of early 2012" Yea...