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Originally Posted by BrownTown
Exactly. I wonder what the original cost and how long it took to build? Guaranteed a replacement would cost 10x (adjusting for inflation of course) as much and take twice as long. And for all that it would likely end up as a cheap knock off with fake marble and steel that starts rusting after a few years.
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...10x? Really? ~$1.5 billion is perfectly doable, even in NYC.
The real question is whether the city 1) has to buy out MSG, 2) can conduct a 'land-swap' with MSG, and/or 3) 're-capture' and transfer air rights over the stations (ex MSG).
Considering it's technically in the Hudson Yards Tax District, and that the city may end up with a rather significant amount of land around a redeveloped PABT, they may be able to be somewhat creative
Anyways, this doesn't call for a whole lot of tunneling or excavating all that much - that's what the MTA sucks at.
Hell, it would even be happening in the context of a Moynihan/Farley station, which would minimize a great deal of disruptions for passengers.