AMAZING PHOTOS - NEW SUBWAY CONSTRUCTION IN MANHATTAN......

Check it out............pretty cool, when you think it is happening 120 below ground with skyscrapers (and tens of thousands of people) above.

From the MTA website:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mtaphot...th/8475913701/

Those are some pretty cool pictures.

Wonder if they'll find Hoffa's body down there somewhere....

Those are some pretty cool pictures.

Wonder if they'll find Hoffa's body down there somewhere.... Originally Posted by SinsOfTheFlesh

i thought the mob buried him in the old Giant Stadium endzone... allegedly

i thought the mob buried him in the old Giant Stadium endzone... allegedly Originally Posted by JCM800

I thought Hoffa has been sleeping with the fishes!

Check it out............pretty cool, when you think it is happening 120 below ground with skyscrapers (and tens of thousands of people) above.

From the MTA website:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mtaphot...th/8475913701/ Originally Posted by Whirlaway

That's some amazing engineering right there!!

Very neat pictures.

I'm certain they'll run into mutant ninja turtles soon and we'll have some real news!

Very neat pictures. Originally Posted by jbravo_123

Agreed.

I'm certain they'll run into mutant ninja turtles soon and we'll have some real news! Originally Posted by jbravo_123

Either that, or the C.H.U.D.

Check it out............pretty cool, when you think it is happening 120 below ground with skyscrapers (and tens of thousands of people) above. Originally Posted by Whirlaway

The new subway tunnels haven't opened yet, but the word is, they already smell like piss.

All kidding aside, it is fascinating to realize that Manhattan is (mostly) solid rock - schist, marble and gneiss. There is a gap in skyscrapers between downtown (Wall Street area) and midtown (Empire State building, Chrysler building, etc.). In between lies Greenwich Village, Little Italy, Chinatown, all the hip areas. I never knew that had nothing to do with zoning, but rather a valley in the bedrock that is too deep for the skyscrapers:

http://www.newyorknature.net/Geology.html

Key quote:
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"Schist forms the island’s spine from the Henry Hudson Bridge on its north end to the Battery on its southern tip; it dips abruptly several hundred feet below ground at Washington Square, and makes a gradual ascent beginning at Chambers Street. These dips and rises account for the gap between “midtown” and “downtown” in the Manhattan skyline, since tall buildings had to be anchored on solid bedrock, and not on the glacial till that fills the valleys."
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It is also fascinating to realize that those tunnels are about a hundred feet below sea level. Tropical Storm Sandy would flood them if they were not sealed tight.

Very neat pictures.

I'm certain they'll run into mutant ninja turtles soon and we'll have some real news! Originally Posted by jbravo_123

They'll probably run into a bunch of big rats.

Another bunch of photos. Some of them even more amazing.

http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2...roject/100462/

In one section that goes below Northern Boulevard in Queens, they have to support above them an existing subway tunnel, Northern Boulevard roadway, and elevated train track. See photos 7 and 8.

Here is another interesting photo.


May I introduce Stanley Ann Dunham. Yes, that is the first Mama.

HOLY SHIT! What does this have to do with anything?

You're a classy guy!

Here is another interesting photo.


May I introduce Stanley Ann Dunham. Yes, that is the first Mama. Originally Posted by JD Barleycorn

Thanks for the amazing photo of Stanley Ann. This thread was getting way too polite.

Here's an amazing photo of Stanley in her favorite lingerie.

Thanks for the amazing photo of Stanley Ann. This thread was getting way too polite.

Here's an amazing photo of Stanley in her favorite lingerie.

Originally Posted by joe bloe

Thats a nice sofa.

Nice hijack there JD.

There was an episode of Build it Bigger that dealt with the tunneling operations too, very cool.
http://science.discovery.com/tv-show...nyc-subway.htm