tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22010755315440105042013-05-06T08:57:11.617-04:00a blog about building the Second Avenue SubwayBen Heckscherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11279980191467057268noreply@blogger.comBlogger18216TheLaunchBoxhttp://feedburner.google.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PlusmoSubscribe with The Free DictionarySubscribe with Bitty BrowserSubscribe with Live.comSubscribe with Excite MIXSubscribe with WebwagSubscribe with Podcast ReadySubscribe with WikioSubscribe with Daily Rotationtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201075531544010504.post-35155156645068519192013-04-17T22:00:00.000-04:002013-04-18T08:55:09.805-04:002013-04-18T08:55:09.805-04:00Patrick Cashin, one of the MTA's staff photographers, captured a nice set of images of the 86th Street station cavern earlier this month. As the images below clearly show, there has been a lot of progress underground at this location. Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick...<br/> <br/> =====> To view the latest posting please click on the link above.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheLaunchBox?a=NZ27wHfNgD0:WBc4KkYLuQ0:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheLaunchBox?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheLaunchBox/~4/NZ27wHfNgD0" height="1" width="1"/>Ben Heckscherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11279980191467057268noreply@blogger.com2http://thelaunchbox.blogspot.com/2013/04/lots-of-progress-at-86th-street.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201075531544010504.post-4857626692738543222013-03-20T23:00:00.000-04:002013-03-21T00:24:20.304-04:002013-03-21T00:24:20.304-04:00As reported by numerous media outlets, a construction worker on the Second Avenue Subway project was seriously hurt yesterday evening after he became trapped in chest-high mud between 95th and 96th streets deep under Second Avenue. According to the news website DNA.info, 155 first-responders...<br/> <br/> =====> To view the latest posting please click on the link above.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheLaunchBox?a=ihSZIFQL0xE:ULBgF3q8zds:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheLaunchBox?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheLaunchBox/~4/ihSZIFQL0xE" height="1" width="1"/>Ben Heckscherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11279980191467057268noreply@blogger.com0http://thelaunchbox.blogspot.com/2013/03/worker-rescued-from-chest-high-mud.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201075531544010504.post-69830998699660483742013-01-20T23:00:00.000-05:002013-02-06T22:47:11.421-05:002013-02-06T22:47:11.421-05:00ELEVATED RAILROAD HEARINGS CALLED New Lines and Third-Tracking of Interborough and New B.R.T. Routes Come Up for Approval This was the headline in the New York Times on January 3rd, 1913. So you ask, what's this all about? Around this time period, 100 years ago, the Interborough Rapid...<br/> <br/> =====> To view the latest posting please click on the link above.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheLaunchBox?a=n01ZvdyudX4:O_m4gQnyMp4:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheLaunchBox?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheLaunchBox/~4/n01ZvdyudX4" height="1" width="1"/>Ben Heckscherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11279980191467057268noreply@blogger.com5http://thelaunchbox.blogspot.com/2013/01/100-years-ago-on-second-avenue.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201075531544010504.post-38128896912673165772012-12-20T23:00:00.000-05:002012-12-23T13:00:50.256-05:002012-12-23T13:00:50.256-05:00As I've done in past years in December, I recently took a walk down Second Avenue to look for signs of the holiday spirit amid ongoing construction. The pictures that follow were taken on two different Saturdays. They offer the viewer a collection of fall and early winter snapshots of the scene...<br/> <br/> =====> To view the latest posting please click on the link above.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheLaunchBox?a=ZVwO75xmfr8:0iVXG_rYogk:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheLaunchBox?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheLaunchBox/~4/ZVwO75xmfr8" height="1" width="1"/>Ben Heckscherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11279980191467057268noreply@blogger.com3http://thelaunchbox.blogspot.com/2012/12/seasonal-snapshots-on-avenue.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201075531544010504.post-83935012666066141612012-11-01T07:00:00.000-04:002013-01-21T23:02:38.881-05:002013-01-21T23:02:38.881-05:00Last Updated 12/22/12 Hurricane Sandy dealt a devastating blow to the MTA earlier this week. MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota stated that the storm damage to the transit system is like nothing the MTA has experienced in its 108-year history. From what I understand, none of MTA Capital Construction's...<br/> <br/> =====> To view the latest posting please click on the link above.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheLaunchBox?a=gaVQlXPDS7c:eS96KM_Cdu8:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheLaunchBox?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheLaunchBox/~4/gaVQlXPDS7c" height="1" width="1"/>Ben Heckscherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11279980191467057268noreply@blogger.com0http://thelaunchbox.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-mta-recovers.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201075531544010504.post-75034277749667137302012-10-21T23:00:00.000-04:002013-01-21T23:03:23.224-05:002013-01-21T23:03:23.224-05:00With this posting, we're going to take a look behind the "blue wall" abutting the platform at the Lexington Av/63rd St station. For those of you who may be new to this blog, the MTA's contractor Judlau Contracting is currently in the process of re-building parts of the Lexington Av/63rd St...<br/> <br/> =====> To view the latest posting please click on the link above.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheLaunchBox?a=xDD_LzwlNi8:ICrn-Ipi5iQ:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheLaunchBox?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheLaunchBox/~4/xDD_LzwlNi8" height="1" width="1"/>Ben Heckscherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11279980191467057268noreply@blogger.com4http://thelaunchbox.blogspot.com/2012/10/behind-blue-wall.html