I don't think rerouting Borden would involve the bridge. I think you would do it right around where the Stadium is. Would require buying a lot of real estate across the street, however.
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I don't think rerouting Borden would involve the bridge. I think you would do it right around where the Stadium is. Would require buying a lot of real estate across the street, however.
hmm, i guess you could in fact do that. Those warehouse don't look extremely crummy in person, just not kept up in tip top shape. bunch of mechanic shops and such.
that white building on the right side below your orange lines. It had its doors open and i peered in from across the street; the whole thing is empty space. like some kind of hanger, but the building looks pristine unfortunately.
Nothing listed for sale there on brokers' websites. Must just be a sign up. When you say left do you mean east or west?
Somebody played a bit too much SimCity.....
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You mean to say imminent Pier 40 plan, right?
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Sorry man, but I thought it best to stop any Pier 40 hype train before it got back on the rails.At first I was like
But then I was all
Here's the TL;DR
2012 - MLS lobbied for a Pier 40 stadium ($230K) they even tried to get this bill passed which would set the framework up for a stadium there with some of the functions moving to Pier 79 on 34th street. The idea was that at least 50% of the pier would be open for public use. The bill died in committee.
2013 - MLS lobbied for Queens Stadium ($840K) We all know how that went.
2013 - NYCFC stepped in and lobbied for a stadium in Queens. ($256k)
2014 - NYCFC lobbied the City Council & Mayor for a stadium, nowhere specifically mentioned. ($257k)
2015 - NYCFC lobbied the City Coucnil & Mayor for a stadium, no where specific. ($256k)
So their biggest spending has been in Queens but it's cool to see that the proposed Pier 40 site actually had some traction behind it, despite failing miserably.
If you're curious, I pulled the numbers from here and here
Lobbyist: "knock knock, its me"
Mayor: "oh hey! come in, come in. what brings you around"
Lobbyist: "oh you know, annual stadium lobbying. gotta justify my 250k"
Mayor: "oh yeah, use it or lose it; i know that game. anywhere specific"
Lobbyist: "nope, no where specific. just putting in the time. This oughtta do it, see you next year "
I gotta get a gig like this.
NYC is still trying to figure out Pier 40. They tried selling air rights to the land but that went nowhere.
At least 5 jersey's worth.
Etihad Island will happen right after Kwame Watson-Siriboe leads the Red Bulls to their 5th consecutive MLS cup.
some tried to start a "We want a stadium" chant in the supporters sections. went only for a bout a few seconds but was not too loud.
we did the "Build us a Stadium" chant in 234
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