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NEW YORK CITY HEAVY RAIL
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There are hundreds of entrances to stations in
Manhattan. The one above has a certain functional appeal to
it, even as one remembers with considerable nostalgia the old-time
kiosks -- now gone, except for isolated ones retained or restored to
celebrate the past. It might be a bit surprising to see trees
in Lower Manhattan; a small, very old cemetery is on the other side
of the fence.
In 2007 work began anew on construction on a small portion of the
2nd Ave. subway, a project which has been proposed, on and off, for
about eighty years. Some work had been done on
sections of such a line in the 1970s, before the city's immense
financial crises caused termination.
The new line, as planned, will go from 125th St. down to Lower
Manhattan as a two-track local route. It will be built in four
phases, with the first, in progress, having three new stations at
96th St., 86th St., and 72nd St. A connection to the existing
63rd St. tunnel will funnel traffic into the existing Q line on the
West Side, and then over the Manhattan Bridge to Brooklyn.
Construction is underway for another major Manhattan project, the extension of the 7
Line, the old IRT Flushing route, west and then south from Times Square to
a new terminal near the
Hudson River, an area to undergo massive redevelopment. |
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