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Plans for West Side Revitalization Outlined

NEW YORK CITY-Additional details of the 40-year master plan for revitalizing Hudson Yards including constructing a new sports and convention center were discussed at the Metropolitan New York Chapter of the Appraisal Institute Joint Region IV and V Symposium.

By Barbara Jarvie | Updated on May 16, 2003

NEW YORK CITY-Years ago, Grand Central Station was transformed into a bustling vital area of Manhattan surrounded by some of the highest property values. That’s what New York City government officials expect will happen in the Hudson Yards area over the next 40 years. A director from the New York Department of City Planning and the president of the New York Jets detailed plans for the locale including a retractable-roof sports and convention center that could hold as many as 111 events each year and complement a refurbished Jacob Javits Convention Center.

“This is the greatest opportunity the city has, the region has, to secure its future by transforming this into a thriving area,” said Vishaan Chakrabarti, AIA, director of the Manhattan office of the New York Department of City Planning.

“We’re not being too ambitious. We plan for an animated waterfront,” said L. Jay Cross, president of the New York Jets, LLC, about the proposed New York Sports and Convention Center. “We’ll take our inspiration from the river and set a high standard. It will be multi-layered and exoskeletal. It will be crispy, but kind of gritty.”

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