Sports Complex Proposed For NYC's Olympic Bid

New transit line, parks, and offices in Manhattan's West Side, and a $1 billion sports and entertainment complex are some of the new proposed project in New York City.

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May 3, 2002, 12:00 PM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"The engine driving the redevelopment of the district, said Deputy Mayor Daniel L. Doctoroff, would be the $1.5 billion extension of the No. 7 subway line west from Seventh Avenue and south to 34th Street. It would bring public transportation to a low-slung, semi-industrial neighborhood area...Although construction might not begin for years and would not be completed until perhaps 2040, the planning adds up to a lot of quiet but intense activity for a neighborhood that has resisted change for decades. The plans would be enormously expensive, and city officials are hoping to pay for it with rising property tax revenues and the sale of development rights."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

FULL STORY: West Side Plan Envisions Jets and Olympics

Thursday, May 2, 2002 in The New York Times

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