16 stories beneath midtown Manhattan, NYCSubmitted by PonyEnglish t3_121lfky in nyc
fletcherkildren t1_jdn8zko wrote
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Didn't they use it to extend southern Manhattan, IIRC the trade center and Battery Park used to be under water
astoriaboundagain t1_jdn9mfn wrote
That extension was done with landfill from the original WTC excavation in the 70's.
I know a lot of this project's rock came out in Long Island City. You used to be able to see the exit pit on the N train curve on the approach to Queensboro Plaza.
avantgardengnome t1_jdncl7c wrote
Battery Park City came from the WTC excavation but The Battery itself was also landfill that came from street widening and stuff like that going back to the mid 1800s. The original western edge of lower Manhattan was essentially Greenwich Street all the way up to about 15th St in the Meatpacking District. (So the WTC site was indeed once underwater, but idk if that land came from Grand Central or not).
ericisshort t1_jdniub9 wrote
It’s crazy to think that Castle Clinton used to be offshore when it was originally built and required a causeway to access it on foot from Manhattan.
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