Comments on: Today’s Headlines http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/01/29/todays-headlines-327/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Josh http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/01/29/todays-headlines-327/comment-page-1/#comment-43665 Josh Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:36:59 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/01/29/todays-headlines-327/#comment-43665 I'm not crazy about that idea. Station entrances incorporated into buildings are a pain in the ass, and there are enough generic steel-and-glass towers down here as it is. I’m not crazy about that idea. Station entrances incorporated into buildings are a pain in the ass, and there are enough generic steel-and-glass towers down here as it is.

]]> By: Larry Littlefield http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/01/29/todays-headlines-327/comment-page-1/#comment-43658 Larry Littlefield Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:52:13 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/01/29/todays-headlines-327/#comment-43658 They should sell the air rights over the Fulton Transit Center, and allow an office building or hotel to be built. The station entrance to the street could be incorporated into the building, as at the Citicorp building at 53rd and Lex or even the former 2 Federal Reserve Plaza building on Nassau Street. The key value is the continous pedestrain access across Lower Manhattan. The Port Authority station will be a sufficiently expensive space for those who want to come out from underground in one. Everyone else will just use the stair that minimizes their trip. They should sell the air rights over the Fulton Transit Center, and allow an office building or hotel to be built.

The station entrance to the street could be incorporated into the building, as at the Citicorp building at 53rd and Lex or even the former 2 Federal Reserve Plaza building on Nassau Street.

The key value is the continous pedestrain access across Lower Manhattan. The Port Authority station will be a sufficiently expensive space for those who want to come out from underground in one. Everyone else will just use the stair that minimizes their trip.

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