Photos: The 2nd Avenue Subway's Progress (And Rails!)
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86th Street cavern<br/>
Evan Bindelglass / GothamistLooking south in the 86th Street cavern. This will be the 86th Street station<br/>
Evan Bindelglass / GothamistLooking down into the project’s 87th Street construction entrance<br/>
Evan Bindelglass / GothamistLooking south in the 86th Street cavern, which is about 65 feet tall<br/>
Evan Bindelglass / GothamistLooking back up at where we entered<br/>
Evan Bindelglass / GothamistThe tour continues south in the 86th Street cavern
Evan Bindelglass / GothamistWall under construction in the 86th Street cavern<br/>
Evan Bindelglass / GothamistThe press on parade<br/>
Evan Bindelglass / GothamistMobile scaffolding in the 86th Street cavern<br/>
Evan Bindelglass / GothamistSouthern end of the 86th Street cavern. The tunnel on the left is the northbound tube from 72nd Street and the one on the right is the southbound tube to 72nd Street. The space in the middle above them will become a control center for the Second Avenue Subway<br/>
Evan Bindelglass / GothamistNorthbound tunnel between 72nd and 86th as seen from the 86th Street cavern<br/>
Evan Bindelglass / GothamistSouthbound tunnel between 72nd and 86th as seen from the 86th Street cavern<br/>
Evan Bindelglass / GothamistNorthbound tunnel between 72nd and 86th as seen from the 86th Street cavern<br/>
Evan Bindelglass / GothamistBusy workers<br/>
Evan Bindelglass / GothamistThat large yellow thing is a ventilation system, which includes an air scrubber<br/>
Evan Bindelglass / GothamistThe pipe that brings cement down to the work site<br/>
Evan Bindelglass / GothamistLooking north in the northbound tunnel heading from 86th Street to 96th Street<br/>
Evan Bindelglass / GothamistConduit spaces in the tunnel<br/>
Evan Bindelglass / Gothamist96th Street cavern. This will be the 96th Street station<br/>
Evan Bindelglass / GothamistScaffolding for the mezzanine of the 96th Street station<br/>
Evan Bindelglass / Gothamist96th Street cavern<br/>
Evan Bindelglass / GothamistWaterproofing material. Or as the MTA’s Michael Horodniceanu calls it, “water management”<br/>
Evan Bindelglass / GothamistFuture location of subway entrance—northwest corner of 86th Street and 2nd Avenue<br/>
Evan Bindelglass / GothamistThe Second Avenue Subway Community Information Center. It’s located at 1628 2nd Avenue and there are real people in there to answer your questions<br/>
Evan Bindelglass / GothamistModel of the 86th Street station at the information center<br/>
Evan Bindelglass / Gothamist