A New Terminal Under Grand Central: The East Side Access Project.
27/09/2014.
[NYC] USA. 06.10.2014
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One of the nation’s largest transportation infrastructure projects is currently underway right in the heart of Midtown, New York City, US.
Photograph © Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin. Click above to see larger image.
This photo shows work on the caverns underneath Grand Central Terminal that will house a future concourse for arriving and departing Long Island Rail Road trains.
Eight tunnels will allow trains to reach four platforms in two adjacent caverns.
Photograph © Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin. Click above to see larger image.
Progress continues on the East Side Access project as of February 12, 2013.
This photo shows work on the caverns underneath Grand Central Terminal that will house a future concourse for arriving and departing Long Island Rail Road trains.
Photograph © Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin. Click above to see larger image.
Photograph © Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin.
Photograph © Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin. Click above to see larger image.
Second Avenue Subway. Image © Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Click above to see larger image.
East Side Access. Image © Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Click above to see larger image.
Image © Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Click above to see larger image.
Section looking North. Shafts and Escalators. LIRR Station at GCT. Image © Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Click above to see larger image.
Detail. LIRR Station at GCT. Image © Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Click above to see larger image.
LIRR Station at GCT. Image © Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Click above to see larger image.
LIRR Station at GCT. Concourse and Cavern Mezzanine Plan. Image © Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Click above to see larger image.
The MTA’s East Side Access Project will bring the Long Island Rail Road into a brand new terminal to be built below—and incorporated into—Grand Central. Join a panel of expert insiders to hear about the grand vision, engineering innovations, and considerable technical challenges behind the new Terminal, expected to open in 2019-2023.
A New Terminal Under Grand Central: The East Side Access Project.
When.- Monday, October 6th at 6:30 pm Tickets here.
Where.- Museum of the City of New York. 1220 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10029. US.
The Project represents a whole new level of investment in American public transportation, and will bring New York closer to European and Asian urban practices. Speakers include architect Frank Prial, Jr., AIA; MTA Program Manager, Grand Central Terminal Douglas Tilden; MTA Associate Director of Planning Jack Dean; Elisa Picca, LIRR Chief Planning Officer; and Edith Hsu-Chen, NYC Department of City Planning Director for Manhattan Borough. Maxinne Leighton, Associate AIA, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Inc., will moderate the discussion.
