Stadium Discussion
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Hey, if they want to shoot for the moon, that's awesome. You'd have to build the platform at least 50 feet up or so to ensure that the creek is still navigable. And then there's security issues - you'd need the Coast Guard or NYPD Harbor Unit putting resources into watching it. But if anyone's got the money for a crazy scheme like that, it's CFG...
Is the creek currently being used? I live in Williamsburg and could take a long walk to get there so I'm hoping they are getting crazy.
There are still a lot of industrial uses as well as some wastewater treatment facilities along the creek so you'd need to make sure that all those ships could still get in and out of the creek without a problem. No idea offhand how high you'd have to go to ensure clearance for different vessels, but I'd imagine it's got to be at least 50-100 feet.
Lol, wut? A stadium suspended over the river? I did a reverse image search and found no hits. Surprising for such a large, quality image not to be public.
EDIT: The odds of this happening have to be less than 1% of 1%. I'm just confused as to where the image is from. Probably fan-made. If we are able to build over the tracks on the banks, we don't need more space - especially not with the cost and difficult of a platform spanning a dirty river.
EDIT: The odds of this happening have to be less than 1% of 1%. I'm just confused as to where the image is from. Probably fan-made. If we are able to build over the tracks on the banks, we don't need more space - especially not with the cost and difficult of a platform spanning a dirty river.
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Honestly not due to any connections I have. Just sort of fell in my lap which is funny since this is one of the few threads I frequent on this site and suddenly I'm contributing. Let's just say it was an overheard bar conversation.
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There's also a bridge there that doesn't currently exist.
I love the 4 towers.
It's probably some other stadium rendering just shopped into Long Island City, and then someone added a new bridge for kicks.
I love the 4 towers.
It's probably some other stadium rendering just shopped into Long Island City, and then someone added a new bridge for kicks.
Lol. I'm really wondering if dark knight is officially the greatest troll over, creating fake renderings, throwing the club logo on it, making it look pro, and posting it lol.
You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become a villain
Looks like the bridge is an extension of Vernon Blvd. Those 4 towers could be the "affordable" housing bone.
Most of the time I work just southeast of there, on both sides of the Greenpoint Ave. bridge, so this fantasy would be INCREDIBLE in terms of me getting to games on work days.
And yes, Newtown Creek is definitely still in use for shipping. Just recently they were barging demolished pieces of the old Kosciuszko Bridge along it.
And yes, Newtown Creek is definitely still in use for shipping. Just recently they were barging demolished pieces of the old Kosciuszko Bridge along it.
Connecting Vernon Blvd. to Manhattan Ave. might actually be a pretty good idea, though the Pulaski Bridge is already so close.
The new bridge is the only thing that makes me think this might, maybe, at some point, have been or is a real thing. Still not sold on it, but not 100% dismissing it either.
