New York’s destined to get only bigger, taller and flashier. For starters, more than thirty luxury high rise towers are going to be built in Manhattan within the next ten years. We’ve already seen some of the first of this sudden high-rise trend with the new 432 Park Ave building. Brace yourselves, that’s only the beginning.
Expected New York City Skyline, 2023.
The skyline’s not the only thing changing.
Queens is building its own version of the High Line.
←There’s going to be a LOW Line in Manhattan soon – an underground park (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/855802805/lowline-an-underground-park-on-nycs-lower-east-sid).
Penn Station is getting completely renovated.→
A 26-acre area on the West Manhattan along the Hudson River is being redeveloped into an entire new neighborhood where before was little more than a rail yard. This includes an extension of the 7 train line. (http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/real-estate/officials-developers-break-ground-15b-hudson-yards-article-1.1212797)
← Cornell’s building an enormous campus on Roosevelt Island.
Socially, Mayor DeBlasio plans to reduce carbon emissions by 80% by 2050, diverting all waste from landfills by 2030, pull 10% of the population out of poverty, raise the minimum wage and somehow create 5 million jobs at the same time.
And that’s just a sample of how much change is coming.
