{"id":32547,"date":"2013-02-22T11:10:26","date_gmt":"2013-02-22T18:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/02\/22\/this-ones-for-my-new-york-city-friends.html"},"modified":"2013-02-22T15:45:35","modified_gmt":"2013-02-22T22:45:35","slug":"this-ones-for-my-new-york-city-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/02\/22\/this-ones-for-my-new-york-city-friends.html","title":{"rendered":"This one's for my New York City friends"},"content":{"rendered":"
Big public works like this are very, very cool. (And, yes, if poorly planned or executed, very, very expensive in a wasteful way, but still awesome in what they accomplish for future generations.)<\/p>\n

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The Tunnels of NYC's East Side Access Project<\/b> – 33 photos – http:\/\/theatln.tc\/YiaJFp<\/a> – A huge public works project is currently under construction in New York City, connecting Long Island to Manhattan's East Side. Deep underground, rail tunnels are extending from Sunnyside, Queens, to a new Long Island Rail Road terminal being excavated beneath Grand Central Terminal. When finished in 2019, the line will accommodate 24 trains per hour at peak traffic, cutting down on commute times from Long Island, and opening up access to JFK International Airport from Manhattan's East Side.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Big public works like this are very, very cool. (And, yes, if poorly planned or executed, very, very expensive in a wasteful way, but still awesome in what they accomplish for future generations.) Reshared post from +In Focus The Tunnels of NYC's East Side Access Project – 33 photos – http:\/\/theatln.tc\/YiaJFp – A huge public … Continue reading “This one's for my New York City friends”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":32370,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/02\/01\/grand-central-station.html","url_meta":{"origin":32547,"position":0},"title":"Grand Central Station","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 1-Feb-13 4:01pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Always loved seeing it -- and it was one of the places I was truly jazzed to go to when I first visited NYC. \u00a0Lovely and iconic.Reshared post from +In FocusGrand Central Terminal Turns 100 - 38 photos - http:\/\/theatln.tc\/14vkguA - A century ago, rail travel was at its peak\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10156,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/08\/22\/t_rex_extinct.html","url_meta":{"origin":32547,"position":1},"title":"T-Rex Extinct","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 22-Aug-06 7:09pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Woot! 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