PRESENTATION
Visual representations of proposed changes and improvements to the Port Authority Bus Terminal
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Hersh Parekh presents a series of visual representations showcasing the proposed changes and improvements for the new Port Authority Bus Terminal. This chapter provides a visual tour of the project's key features and enhancements.
- Illustrates the transformation of 8th Avenue and 40th Street with a brighter, more spacious terminal entrance
- Shows improved subway access with a light-filled, spacious connection
- Depicts activated street-level retail along 40th Street between 8th and 9th Avenues
- Presents the new open green space created by converting the deckovers
- Demonstrates improvements to the urban environment, including better lighting and pedestrian-friendly features
Hersh Parekh
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Go the conditions today and what we anticipate will be a brand new terminal, as council member Batcher noted.
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So this is eighth Avenue and 40th Street, a much, brighter, spacious, nicer experience, in in all ways possible.
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The next slide goes to the subway entrance that currently exists.
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Low ceilings, dark, not very easy to navigate.
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We wanna make sure that even if you're not taking a bus into the bus terminal, that your ability to access the subway system through this facility is improved in a tremendous way.
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And that's on the next slide.
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Shows you what, the, spacious, light filled, facility will look like with the access to the to the subway level.
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The next slide shows, the fortieth Street between eighth and ninth Avenue.
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Right now, not very activated, very unwelcoming to city for that matter.
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We want to make sure that we are, creating an atmosphere that is welcoming for the community, that is safe for the community, and that goes to the next slide, which shows you a, transformed experience with, experience with, significant amounts of street level retail that will have, as the council member noted, retail shops, cafes, and other, programming that will serve to benefit not just the users of the terminal, but the community around the terminal.
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The Lincoln Tunnel.
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It currently separates the community.
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It is something that split the community apart, and through this project, we're hoping to re knit the community back together.
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And the next slide shows the end state of the project, which is after the deckovers have been, converted into the open space, they will be this open green space for the community to enjoy.
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And in the background, you see the new staging and storage facility, which, as I mentioned, is critical for the operation of the new bus terminal.
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The next slide goes to 39th Street, which again is just, walls.
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We've tried to liven them up with some artwork that we've done in partnership with the local community and the house the Hudson Yards Hell's Kitchen bid, but we know it could be it could be better.
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And so once again, we look at the next slide that shows you a more zoomed in visual of that on street retail, really ensuring that it is, it meets the, urban design controls that the the city planning commission is interested in.
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It meets the needs of the community with this activated retail and a more welcoming environment with trees and and other sort of, amenities, just a more welcoming experience.
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And finally, our last view of the of the morning is, 30 ninth Street and 10th Avenue.
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This is looking north today.
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You currently see just a single ramp that is connecting to our facility.
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On the next page, you'll see the brand new, facility, which is the ramp structure that connects, the ramps and the storage and staging facility to make sure the operation is as efficient as it can be.
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But we will also make sure that below these ramps and bridging structures, that there is appropriate lighting and other, tools to make sure that the, environment is, is bright and welcoming.
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So this is just a quick, run through of what we expect the bus terminal will look like.
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I'll turn it back over to Adam to speak about the EULIRP actions in more specific detail.
