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   Thor Lancelot Simon to danielc@panix.com   
   Re: new pa bus terminal   
   28 Oct 15 05:40:10   
   
   From: tls@panix.com   
      
   In article ,   
   Daniel Convissor   wrote:   
   >http://therealdeal.com/blog/2015/10/23/port-authority-bus-termi   
   al-redesign-could-cost-10b/   
   >   
   >Synopsis:  Port Authority's Board of Directors voted on 10/22 to hold a   
   >design competition for a new bus terminal to be built one block west.   
   >The design will be chosen in September 2016.   
   >   
   >The PA will sell the air rights over the existing terminal for an   
   >estimated $6B.  The cost of the new terminal is estimated to cost $10B.   
      
   And a rail tunnel under the harbor, which PA was chartered to build   
   but never will since it would arguably then have to blink out of existence,   
   would cost... oh never mind.   
      
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     Thor Lancelot Simon	                                     tls@panix.com   
      
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      aim, untroubled by the need to compromise with others."      - H.L.A. Hart   
      
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