Downside of Lower Manhattan’s Boom: It’s Too Crowded

Re:Downside of Lower Manhattan’s Boom: It’s Too Crowded by TillE on Friday December 02, 2016 @07:42PM (#13093534)

The slightly more sane idea would be to look in the other direction, and build underground. That would be extremely expensive and have to deal with all sorts of issues, but at least it's physically possible.

The actually realistic solution is to focus on developing housing and infrastructure in the outer boroughs; Brooklyn and Queens are full of the absolute worst kind of inefficient quasi-suburban accumulated sprawl.

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Re:Downside of Lower Manhattan’s Boom: It’s Too Crowded by krschultz on Friday December 02, 2016 @08:38PM (#13093730)

Or build the street up 1 level and have an underground level on the current street - isn't this basically how Chicago built sewers?

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Re:Downside of Lower Manhattan’s Boom: It’s Too Crowded by gruez on Friday December 02, 2016 @09:19PM (#13093899)

close. at chicago, they also lifted the buildings 1 floor up. if you don't do that, building owners will be mad at the loss of their first floor.

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