By Eliot Brown 2/19/09 9:43pm

Is There a New Far West Side at the End of No. 7 Extension?

Mayor Bloomberg probably doesn’t do all that much fraternizing with sandhogs, the rare breed of construction workers who dig the city’s water and transit tunnels, working sometimes hundreds of feet below ground.

Today, however, was an exception, as the billionaire executive slipped a reflective vest over his suit, put on a hardhat, and chatted Read More

By Eliot Brown 2/19/09 9:17pm

Is There a New Far West Side at the End of No. 7 Extension?

Mayor Bloomberg probably doesn’t do all that much fraternizing with sandhogs, the rare breed of construction workers who dig the city’s water and transit tunnels, working sometimes hundreds of feet below ground.

Today, however, was an exception, as the billionaire executive slipped a reflective vest over his suit, put on a hardhat, and chatted Read More

By Eliot Brown 12/03/07 7:57pm

As No. 7 Extension Kicks Off, Cost Questions Loom

In a press conference in the Times Square subway station today, the mayor announced the groundbreaking (without shovels or dirt) of the 1.5-mile extension of the No. 7 subway line, a keystone in the city’s efforts to expand midtown to the far West Side.

While officials, including Governor Spitzer, Representative Jerrold Nadler, and City Read More