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More 7 Train Extension Tunnel Photos
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John Del Signore
Published Feb 5, 2010
Modified Feb 5, 2010
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John Del Signore
Published Feb 5, 2010
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Photographer Brian Letwin has made us burn with envy: Earlier this week, he got the chance to go down and take photos of the 7 train extension project currently underway. And who should he find down there but Mayor Mike Bloomberg, rocking his casual denim/high-wader combo. You'll recall our excitement back in December when the city released a video showing the massive tunnel boring machine (TBM) cutter head breaking through the 34th Street Station Cavern Wall. The machines are currently working their way toward 42nd Street, where the 7 line currently ends, carving through rock 110 feet under Eleventh Avenue. When asked about a report that said the project could be delayed from its December 2013 opening into 2014, Bloomberg told reporters, "I don’t know. If it takes into 2014, as long as we do it safe, that’s the most important thing." And do it with more video of the TBMs—those machines rock.
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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