Comments on: Albany Gives the Go-Ahead to Gansevoort Waste Transfer Station http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/25/albany-gives-the-go-ahead-to-gansevoort-waste-transfer-station/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:24:55 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Larry Littlefield http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/25/albany-gives-the-go-ahead-to-gansevoort-waste-transfer-station/comment-page-1/#comment-52627 Larry Littlefield Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:56:04 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/25/albany-gives-the-go-ahead-to-gansevoort-waste-transfer-station/#comment-52627 (I'm still not sure why the alternatives were never taken seriously...not to mention that just a few blocks south, the city is pushing a plan to put a giant Sanitation garage that will handle all of Districts 1, 2 and 5 and much of the city fleet's refueling). That is one reason the alternative were not taken seriously. You really think the political opponents wouldn't have objected to those as well? Alternatives were studied for 20 years. Plan after plan was voted down. Anyone who tried to solve the problem was made to look bad. And all the "alternatives" were red herrings. Except my proposal to put the waste transfer station for Manhattan on the East River under the FDR in Silver's district. That might have worked, and it wasn't just a red herring. Perhaps it got his attention. (I'm still not sure why the alternatives were never taken seriously...not to mention that just a few blocks south, the city is pushing a plan to put a giant Sanitation garage that will handle all of Districts 1, 2 and 5 and much of the city fleet's refueling).

That is one reason the alternative were not taken seriously. You really think the political opponents wouldn't have objected to those as well?

Alternatives were studied for 20 years. Plan after plan was voted down. Anyone who tried to solve the problem was made to look bad. And all the "alternatives" were red herrings.

Except my proposal to put the waste transfer station for Manhattan on the East River under the FDR in Silver's district. That might have worked, and it wasn't just a red herring. Perhaps it got his attention.

]]> By: Ian D http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/25/albany-gives-the-go-ahead-to-gansevoort-waste-transfer-station/comment-page-1/#comment-52613 Ian D Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:02:22 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/25/albany-gives-the-go-ahead-to-gansevoort-waste-transfer-station/#comment-52613 It's too bad, though, that the end result is taking land from a still-not-finished park, instead of using land that instead will go to developers to build luxury housing, as alternative plans would have had it. I'm still not sure why the alternatives were never taken seriously, especially in the Community District with the least park land of any in the whole city. That much is a loss. Not to mention that just a few blocks south, the city is pushing a plan to put a giant Sanitation garage that will handle all of Districts 1, 2 and 5 and much of the city fleet's refueling - right off Canal St. at the Holland Tunnel - where the city's worst air quality has been recorded. It's too bad, though, that the end result is taking land from a still-not-finished park, instead of using land that instead will go to developers to build luxury housing, as alternative plans would have had it.

I'm still not sure why the alternatives were never taken seriously, especially in the Community District with the least park land of any in the whole city. That much is a loss. Not to mention that just a few blocks south, the city is pushing a plan to put a giant Sanitation garage that will handle all of Districts 1, 2 and 5 and much of the city fleet's refueling - right off Canal St. at the Holland Tunnel - where the city's worst air quality has been recorded.

]]> By: Larry Littlefield http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/25/albany-gives-the-go-ahead-to-gansevoort-waste-transfer-station/comment-page-1/#comment-52612 Larry Littlefield Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:49:45 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/25/albany-gives-the-go-ahead-to-gansevoort-waste-transfer-station/#comment-52612 No props to them after all this crap. A better state legislature would have been pushing the city to come up with a reasonable solid waste plan, not impeding it. Props to Ms. Quinn instead. No props to them after all this crap. A better state legislature would have been pushing the city to come up with a reasonable solid waste plan, not impeding it.

Props to Ms. Quinn instead.

]]> By: gecko http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/25/albany-gives-the-go-ahead-to-gansevoort-waste-transfer-station/comment-page-1/#comment-52610 gecko Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:39:32 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/25/albany-gives-the-go-ahead-to-gansevoort-waste-transfer-station/#comment-52610 good news. finally. good news. finally.

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