While we're on the topic of Javits, the conversation needs to be had that the redvelopment potential of that site could very well lead to a total reimagining in the next 20 years. I can see a new convention center on a podium with towers soaring above, but I can also see a scenario where a Sunnyside Yard convention center also gains steam, especially if transit connections are improved. Best case scenario in my book is BOTH. NYC is colossal and one convention center may be better suited for a certain type of event for a certain group of people and an equally large facility in LIC might be a better spot for another.
Either way, I predict proposals pitched regarding a Javits redevelopment to start within a decade. The land will just be too valuable to let a 1980s glass box sit there surrounded by billions of dollars in ultra dense commercial and residential development.
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