Talk:History of the New York City Subway
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"$1,230,000,000 was spent to create three tunnels and a half-dozen holes as part of construction on the Second Avenue and 63rd Street Lines"
- Are we sure that the $1,230,000,000 figure for the 63rd Street Line and the small completed portions of the Second Avenue Subway? It seems a bit much given that neither are massive projects (such as the SAS today). Looking at the page history, it appears that it was originally inserted as part of a less-than-serious start of Subway expansion in New York here and merged to this article by User:SPUI here. Jason McHuff 01:07, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
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- It is appropriate to be skeptical, and it would be a help to have access to the original article. What are they including in the figure? Are they including the $500 million c1950 bond issue that was supposed to build the SAS and other things, but was only spent on the other things? A more straightforward explanation may be that the writer combined two different issues inappropriately: combining 63rd Street and the SAS. Though part of the same planning process, they are not the same thing. The 63rd Street project was large and difficult, including a new double-deck underwater tube, a complex connection to the Queens Boulevard Line, several stations, significant work on structure and track leads to the SAS, and connections to BOTH 6th and BMT Broadway Lines. This finished project (on the NYCTA side at least) could well have ended up in excess of $1B when you add in the engineering and planning work done on the SAS before the project was halted. -- Cecropia 01:27, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
