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51st State Infrastructure: Web Video: Building the Second Avenue Subway

NEW YORK VOICES :: December 15th, 2008
51st State Infrastructure: Web Video: Building the Second Avenue Subway

Blueprint America correspondent Rick Karr speaks with Joe Trainer, Chief Engineer of MTA Capital Construction in New York City, about the day to day process of building the Second Avenue line from above ground in Manhattan.

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51st State Infrastructure: Web Video: 14 Stories Underground

NEW YORK VOICES :: December 15th, 2008
51st State Infrastructure: Web Video: 14 Stories Underground

Blueprint America correspondent Rick Karr speaks with Edward Kennedy, Chief Tunnel Engineer of the East Side Access Tunnel in New York City, about the construction of the Long Island Railroad access tunnel that will run from Queens to Grand Central Station in Manhattan -- 140 feet underground.

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51st State Infrastructure: Web Video: Saga of the 2nd Avenue Subway (1975)

NEW YORK VOICES :: December 12th, 2008
51st State Infrastructure: Web Video: Saga of the 2nd Avenue Subway (1975)

This 51st State report, which originally aired in 1975 on Channel Thirteen in New York, looks at New York City's repeated attempts to complete a second subway line on the East Side of Manhattan. The project is still not finished after over a half-century of delays.

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51st State Infrastructure: Web Video: New York City transportation continued (1975)

NEW YORK VOICES :: December 12th, 2008
51st State Infrastructure: Web Video: New York City transportation continued (1975)

This series of 51st State reports, which originally aired in 1975 on Channel Thirteen in New York, looks at transportation in New York City.

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