Gothamist: West Side Railyards Are Worth $300 Million

S.D.

Mon, 31 Jan 2005 12:06:37 -0500

LOL. Mike, Good point, but IMHO, the Underground subway looks like it won't fall into the sea. Ever drive Under the Apartment buildings on the NY aproach to the Washington bridge? Driving there or on the FDR, I try to ignore the cracked cement on the walls and Cieling... Even before 9/11 It just seems like a bad idea to me. Only in the 80's? I thought I read that they were making plans in the 60's and 70's.

D.W.

Mon, 31 Jan 2005 11:22:26 -0500

Park Avenue north of Grand Central is built over MetroNorth tracks. Hasn't hurt housing prices there, any. ;) And, the MTA passed a development plan for the West Side rail yards in the 1980's. If the market were clammoring to develop the property, someone would have snatched it up already.

mike

Mon, 31 Jan 2005 11:21:59 -0500

S.D - Er, isn't much of the City built over mass transit.. ya know, the subway? ;)

D.W.

Mon, 31 Jan 2005 11:20:18 -0500

Park Avenue north of Grand Central is built over MetroNorth tracks. Hasn't hurt housing prices there, any. ;)

S.D.

Mon, 31 Jan 2005 09:58:04 -0500

Thanks Mike, that's good to know. Me, I've never been comfortable building over mass transit/Roadways. Every time I drive on the FDR Under the apartment buildings and hospitals, I get the feeling it's someday going to slide into the water. I'm not freaked out or anything like that, but I wonder how good can the air quality be in those buildings??

mike

Mon, 31 Jan 2005 09:42:12 -0500

S.D. -- the trainyard and trains will stay where they are. The stadium (god forbid) or whatever else will be built on top of the trainyard.

Rose

Mon, 31 Jan 2005 09:40:10 -0500

Trains. Trains near river. Trains in river.

S.D.

Mon, 31 Jan 2005 09:22:36 -0500

Regardless of whether of not there is a stadium, the MTA should sell the land at whatever the market will carry. To do less would be ridiculous especially in light of the money issues that the MTA is having. Also, from the photo, it seems like the Yards are used Now to store trains. Where will they go? Will the MTA spend more money to make new yards? if the make new yards, will we see another example of NIMBY in action?