TraderJake

Reading the vitriol directed as this project made me very sad. I mean, it's literally in front of high rises, next to the Ferry. It seems like a no-brainer, but then this is Staten Island. Always expect the unexpected.

Finally! They have been talking about this forever! I hope it remains known as Dave Thomas Circle even after it's improved. It's DC history!

I miss Hot Bird so much :(

I wonder what's up with the NHL logo sign seen in the lower left quadrant above the plaza.

I am surprised these projects are so bullish. As someone sitting at my desk in FiDi, I can't help but see the harm COVID has done to this city and can't help but think it will be years before this city shines fully again.

It looks like it was quite value engineered.

This PE, PTOE agrees.

Thanks for this! Recently my experience in downtown Brooklyn has been Hoyt Street to Target back to Hoyt Street so it's good to see the 9 DeKalb and others update.

They do in fact do an excellent job in the rendering hiding the fact that the "riverfront site" is on the protected side of the flood levee and unless you likely live on the top two or three floors you'll see nothing but a levee.

Seriously. Who thought this was a good design?

C'mon Skyline Chili Bowl or United Dairy Field!

I have to say that when I walked to pick up lunch at Num Pang in Hudson Eats (they just reopened and are my favorite) I was absolutely shocked to see this thing under construction. Good for them!

Hudson Yards is definitely coming along. It's sort of insane how much it has taken off. Also you can tell you work in the Financial District and take the 2/3 to Wall Street when you see that 130 William is referred to as 130 Williams ?

Fare-free! What happy news! I bet this will have an extreme benefit of ridership once COVID-19 ends.

Greetings, my eternal president. I too am in DI. I am the the Aux One / DI guy who came back for NYCFC last year. ?

#BelieveinGaston was fun, wasn't it? -Aux One member here.

I went to the Wegmans Saturday Night. Now, my experience with Wegmans prior to Saturday was the DeWitt Wegmans in Syracuse, King of Prussia Wegmans, and various DMV Wegmans, all of which are huge suburban grocery stores. First things first, I'm impressed there is no steeple! Nor brick! The building looks like an industrial box! I find that impressive. The other thing I found impressive was the parking lot out front, as well as the huge parking garage next to the lot. Am I in Navy Yard or the Gateway Center? I get that Wegmans is a destination, but it's still waterfront Brooklyn and I find it jarring. They could have at least put the parking garage directly in front of the building, like in Germantown, MD. As for the Wegmans inside, the most NYC thing about it is that there is a full bar on the second floor that was absolutely packed. General seating was also on the second floor. Everything else was on the First Floor. Is this a gigantic Wegmans? For NYC, sure, but compared to the rest of them this one is small. It still packs plenty of things, and is assuredly massive for NYC. But, it pales in size to the Suburban Wegmans. Is that a bad thing? Not necessarily, but things you find in Suburbia you may not be able to find here. One nice thing is they had a ton of self checkout machines. It's as though Wegmans Executives took a visit to the Atlantic Terminal Target and said they want that sort of checkout system! Smart move, and there was no line for it! So, is it Wegmans? Definitely. Does it have a train in the dairy area? Of course, it's Wegmans. Do they have prepared food? It would not be Wegmans unless they did. It may not have everything a suburban Wegmans has, but it still has many, many things and through and through is a decent take on an urban Wegmans. May their next go at an Urban Wegmans be even more successful.

In 2015 the International Building Code was updated to allow mid-rise Cross Laminated Timber buildings. These buildings can be built cheaper than traditional steel and concrete buildings, which is why developers pushed hard to update building codes. Greater Greater Washington has a great article on its value that can be found here: https://ggwash.org/view/38268/its-about-to-get-easier-to-build-mid-rises-in-dc

I definitely am in the "We need our own version of The Smiler" camp. I have not been to KI since Halloween 2004 (my last day employed by PKI), an Infinity Coaster would definitely be the carrot to get me back for sure. Also, bring back KCKC. Lastly, I question the part line about service life. If this were truly the case, we would be saying good bye to Dragon Fire (1981), Carolina Cyclone (1980), and Demon (1976). Did I intentionally list older Kings Entertainment Arrows? Sure did. I feel there are plans afoot for the future.

The development in Downtown Brooklyn is getting crazy! How many years do we think it will take for Fulton Mall to become fancy mall?

Am I correctly seeing that there will be not much of a basement?

As nice as some have been, I think it is important to recognize that sometimes the initial and final products are wildly different, as can be seen with Audi Field. https://www.si.com/planet-futbol/2016/01/27/soccer-stadium-renderings-design-changes I hope we still get a very nice stadium, but I personally feel the first design for Audi Field was so much more appealing than the final product.

Did they ever freshen up Old Chem? That place was a dump.

Capital One Arena (Long live Verizon Center) also does an excellent job of being located in a Human Scaled Place. They are able to keep 7th and F open during games, would it really be bad for FC Cincinnati if Cincinnati kept Central Parkway open? Perhaps a wider sidewalk or a true plaza could also work?

I have always said Cincinnati is a mix of Pittsburgh and Louisville.