Here are a few recent images from the MTA's staff photographers.
The first set of images shows concrete being poured in the 96th Street station cavern.

Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin
96th Street Station - 9/3/14

Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin
96th Street Station - 9/3/14

Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin
96th Street Station - 9/3/14
The second set of images, which are a little out of date, show the 86th Street station cavern.

MTA Capital Construction / Rehema Trimiew
86th Street Station - 6/12/14

MTA Capital Construction / Rehema Trimiew
86th Street Station - 6/12/14

MTA Capital Construction / Rehema Trimiew
86th Street Station - 6/12/14

MTA Capital Construction / Rehema Trimiew
86th Street Station - 6/12/14

MTA Capital Construction / Rehema Trimiew
86th Street Station - 6/12/14
Additional images can be found on these links:
Second Avenue Subway Update - September 3, 2014
MTA Flickr Photostream
11 images
Second Avenue Subway: July 17, 2014
MTA Flickr Photostream
24 images

86th Street
This image, which was sent to me by a viewer, was taken from a window on the north side of the Yorkshire Towers apartment building.
The concrete structure being built here while house one of the escalators for the entrance number 2 for the 86th Street station.
Here's a listing of the recent additions
to the right-hand column of The Launch Box:
"FDNY rescues hardhat trapped in 2nd Ave. tunnel mishap"
By By Erin Calabrese, Shawn Cohen and Daniel Prendergast
New York Post - 8/20/14
"Light at the End of the Tunnel: The Second Avenue Subway Already Sending Real Estate Prices Soaring"
By Lauren Price
6sqft - 8/11/14
"Don't interrupt Second Ave. subway project"
By The Editorial Board
amNY - 8/10/14
"M.T.A. Chief Gives Preview of Proposed Five-Year Capital Plan"
By Matt Flegenheimer
The New York Times - 8/8/14
"MTA to propose allocating $1.5 billion toward Phase 2 of Second Ave. subway"
By Pete Donoghue
NY Daily News - 8/7/14
"NYC Can't Afford to Build the Second Avenue Subway, and It Can't Afford Not To"
By Benjamin Kabak
The Atlantic CityLab - 7/17/14
"Second Ave. Subway Delays Cast Doubt on 2016 Completion, Consultant Says"
By Lindsay Armstrong
DNAinfo New York - 6/27/14
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MTA Second Avenue Subway Newsletter
Volume XXVIII, August 2014
Lex Av/63rd St Station Area
72nd St Station Area
86th St Station Area
96th St Station Area
1 comment:
I believe 86th St station is still the critical path for the schedule (unless something else has hit major delays), so it's lovely to see them pouring the floor.
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