April 28, 2007

Work on the site, not including the work of the surveyors, started on Tuesday, April 24th.

A row of "Jersey barriers" was placed on the East side of 2nd Avenue on the west side of what was the parking lane. Workers immediately started to clear any and all obstructions on the sidewalk - e.g. signage, trees, and parking meters. The USPS also came and removed their pick-up boxes in the construction zone.



92nd Street, SE corner - looking south



92nd Street, NW corner - looking south



92nd Street, SE corner - looking north



94th Street, SE corner - looking north

April 21, 2007

The first indication, a notice on a parking meter, that actual construction is about to begin.



Spray painted marking on the sidewalk to mark the future location of access ways for the NYC Fire Department.



No Parking signs waiting for the first day of construction.

April 14, 2007 - The First Posting

This first group of images is what I call the "reference set." The purpose here is to document the environment in and around the construction area before the ground was broken. I tried to shoot the images in a way that would make it easy to later compare how things looked before, and after.



93rd Street, SE corner - looking north



94th Street, SE corner - looking north



95th Street, SE corner - looking north



btw. 95th & 96th, east side of the street - looking west



96th Street, SE corner - looking north



97th Street, SE corner - looking north



97th Street, SE corner - looking west
(an ancillary structure for the 96th Street station will be located where the Century Lumber building stands today.)



97th Street, South crosswalk - looking south



96th Street, NW corner - looking south



95th Street, NW corner - looking south



92nd Street, South crosswalk - looking north



spray painted locations of the utilities and a shadow of the photographer.

Archived Listing of Reports

2014

MTA SAS Quarterly Report - 2Q2014
MTA Capital Construction

MTA SAS Quarterly Report - 1Q2014
MTA Capital Construction


2013

SAS Quarterly Report - 4Q2013
MTA Capital Construction

SAS Quarterly Report - 3Q2013
MTA Capital Construction

SAS Quarterly Report - 2Q2013
MTA Capital Construction

SAS Quarterly Report - 1Q2013
MTA Capital Construction

SAS Public Workshop September 2013 Follow-up Report
MTA Capital Construction

SAS Public Workshop January 2013 Follow-up Report
MTA Capital Construction



2012

SAS Quarterly Report - 4Q2012
MTA Capital Construction

SAS Quarterly Report - 3Q2012
MTA Capital Construction

SAS Quarterly Report - 2Q2012
MTA Capital Construction

SAS Quarterly Report - 1Q2012
MTA Capital Construction

SAS Public Workshop September 2012 Follow-up Report
MTA Capital Constuction

SAS Public Workshop June 2012 Follow-up Report
MTA Capital Constuction

SAS Public Workshop March 2012 Follow-up Report
MTA Capital Constuction



2011

SAS Quarterly Report - 4Q2011
MTA Capital Construction

SAS Quarterly Report - 3Q2011
MTA Capital Construction

SAS Quarterly Report - 2Q2011
MTA Capital Construction

SAS Quarterly Report - 1Q2011
MTA Capital Construction

SAS Public Workshop November 2011 Follow-up Report
MTA Capital Construction

Capital Program Oversight Committee Report
Dec 2011

Capital Program Oversight Committee Report
July 2011

SAS: Lessons Learned - Hunter College Dept. of Urban Affairs and Planning

Second Avenue Subway
Occupying the Emmergent Underground Commons
By Stephen Y. Huang
Masters in Architecture Thesis
Harvard University Graduate School of Design



2010

4Q2010 Report to the FTA - Second Avenue Subway, Phase 1
MTA Capital Construction

Governance Assessment of MTA Capital Program Mega Projects
MTA Inspector General

2010 Second Ave. Subway Report Card
Press Release
Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, Assemblyman Micah Kellner, and Councilwoman Jessica Lappin - 9/25/10

Quarterly Report to the FTA - Second Avenue Subway, Phase 1 - 2Q2010
MTA Capital Construction

Committee Report (7 pages)
Hearing Testimony (39 pages)
Hearing Transcript (141 pages)
"The 2nd Avenue Subway and the East Side –
Is there light at the end of the tunnel"
Oversight Meeting
Joint Committees on Small Business and Transportation
New York City Council - 6/14/10

Quarterly Report to the FTA - Second Avenue Subway, Phase 1 - 1Q2010
MTA Capital Construction

Robbins TBM Brochure

Capital Program Oversight Committee Report (CPOC) -
Second Avenue Subway
March 2010



2009

Quarterly Report to the FTA - Second Avenue Subway, Phase 1 - 4Q2009
MTA Capital Construction

Tunneling in New York
TBM: Tunnel Business Magazine - 2009

"The Subway Shaft: How Second Avenue Subway Construction Hurts Businesses in its Path"
Public Advocate for the City of New York - 12/09

Quarterly Report to the FTA - Second Avenue Subway, Phase 1 - 3Q2009
MTA Capital Construction

"Working in the Dark: Implementation of the
Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Capital Plan"
Citizens Budget Commission
10/09

2009 Second Ave. Subway Report Card
Press Release
Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, State Senator Liz Krueger, Assemblyman Micah Kellner, and City Council Members Jessica Lappin and Dan Garodnick - 9/25/09

"A Review of Entrances and Ancillary Buildings
of the Second Avenue Subway:
BJF Planning for CIVITAS"
6/29/09

Report on the Economic Benefits of the
Second Avenue Subway and East Side Access
Office of Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney
2/3/09



2008

"Second Avenue Subway - A Status Report"
By Christopher K. Bennett, P.E.
DMJM Harris | AECOM - 6/13/08

"Design of Large and Shallow Caverns
of the New York Second Avenue Subway"
By Verya Nasri, Carlos Carranza, and Nils Pettersson
North American Tunneling 2008 Proceedings
Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration



2006

"Rock Tunnels for the Second Avenue Subway"
By D. Caiden, J. Sankar, A. Parikh, and R. Redmond
North American Tunneling
2006

"Design challenges of New York's largest
public works project of the decade - Second Avenue Subway"
North American Tunneling2006

"Baseline Reports MTA New York City Transit's Perspective
in the Design of Deep Underground Facilities"
North American Tunneling
2006



2003

"The Economic Benefits of the Second Avenue Subway"
Regional Plan Association
12/2003

"Transportation Choices and the Future of the New York City Economy"
Partnership for New York City
11/2003



2001

Manhattan East Side Transit Alternatives (MESA)/
Second Avenue Subway Summary Report
10/2001