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Old Posted Aug 21, 2009, 5:32 AM
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http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article...FREE/907029982

No lie: Javits Center redo finally good to go


Long-delayed renovation and much-scaled-back expansion of meeting space gets last bureaucratic approval in Albany.
Work on $463 million project to begin immediately.


By Erik Engquist
July 2, 2009

The expansion will be built on the block bounded by West 39th and West 40th streets and 11th and 12th avenues.
Some images posted on curbed.com
http://curbed.com/archives/2009/08/2..._redux.php?o=0



The big Javits shed going up on Twelfth Avenue and West 40th Street


Looking east: An old classic and the new Rockrose siblings at 455 and 505 West 37th.


A full block for more shows 'n' stuff on West 39th running east from Twelfth Avenue.


The spires of Times Square rising in the east.


The crown of 1 Bryant Park points the way to the new Javits shed.
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