Sentences with phrase «york rail yard»

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With «revenue plucked from the air,» in the words of Wilgus, the New York Central transformed its unsightly rail yard — an urban eyesore — into a commercial and residential district that contemporaries called Terminal City.

Seeing this problem as an opportunity, Wilgus suggested that New York Central Railroad build a new Park Avenue by leasing land to commercial builders where the old rail yard had stood.

In the years since, Rahmé has created edgy and whimsical perfumes for men and women, all blended in New York by handpicked French perfumers and each recognizing a specific city locale, from Harlem to Wall Street and Madison Square Park to the High Line, the transformed elevated rail yard she «perfumed» five years ago.

In New York City alone, MTA brass never attempted to sell $ 12 million worth of air rights over rail yards that could be used for commercial structures — even though they hired Massey Knakal Realty Services in 2006 to consult on the matter.

Yet in last year's budget negotiations, $ 40 million went to the Port of Oswego Authority to «link with the Port of New York and create additional intermodal rail yards in Syracuse and Binghamton» — a decision that has ended up undermining 3Gi's bid.

The congresswoman was joined by state Sen. Michael Gianaris (D - Astoria), City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D - Sunnyside) and representatives from the transportation and contractor fields when she visited the yards to explain the benefits of the grant, which New York received after Florida rejected $ 2 million in federal funds for high - speed rail.

The state's plan calls for expanding the CSX rail yard in the town of DeWitt to handle 30,000 containers a year via rail between central New York and ports in the New York - New Jersey region.

If the negotiations with DeWitt are successful, state officials plan to help expand the existing DeWitt yard so that 30,000 containers a year can be sent by rail from Central New York to ships at the Port of New York / New Jersey.

Rob Simpson, president of CenterState CEO and outgoing co-chair of the Central New York Regional Economic Development Council, sharply criticized the decision by state transportation officials to subsidize an enhancement of the DeWitt rail yard and call it an «inland port.»

Martin Ritt's feature directing debut, Edge of the City, is a social - conscious melodrama set in the rail yards of New York City.

The New York MTA is receiving $ 193,136,983 for repair and restoration of the East River tunnels; the South Ferry / Whitehall station; the Rockaway line; rail yards, maintenance shops, and other facilities; and heavy rail cars.

Growing from the group of «taggers» belonging to the cultures of hip - hop and punk rock, street art no longer solely describes the artists who spray - canned the train - yards, subway rails and abandoned nightclubs of New York City, Los Angeles, and London in the 1970s.

In a New York Times op - ed, Doctoroff argued that Sunnyside Yards, a 160 - acre rail yard on the border of Long Island City, would be an ideal spot for the Javits Center, which is located on Eleventh Avenue between 34th and 40th streets in Manhattan.»