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Originally Posted by gandalf612
If I remember correctly Related actually extended the High Line and the 7th Ave subway, so much like they're extending the Riverwalk and adding a RL stop
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I think you meant the 7 train, not 7th Ave. They extended that to make a new stop at HY, which is nice. It's right near Vessel. The High Line to my knowledge though, not sure. At least when I started working right there, it was already in place exactly where it is now. Although the 7 train stop was opened up before really much of anything there was built, so who knows with High Line.
I can remember a time when there were no skyscrapers there and not many tourists. Then Vessel and the mall opened up there and it wad teeming with tourists.
I don't question Related's ability here. This area was almost no man's land for tourists and they got them over there pretty fast. They would come 2 avenues over or be south sometimes a few streets but yeah. Give a reason for tourists to go somewhere, especially if decently convenient and they'll go. The equivalent distance probably doesn't get as many tourists as in nyc but I'm sure they'd make it work.