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Originally Posted by RobEss
Hudson Yards will fail as a project if it doesn't implement a phase 2 that includes housing options that are available to more than just the upscale buyers that phase 1 catered to.
As things are, Hudson Yards is a fairly sterile development without really being a neighborhood in its own right. This is mostly because, by nature of being built over rail yards, it's a fairly isolated area, excepting the people visiting or commuting via the subway.
If the developers build just another towering, glorified pleasure palace akin to the grandeur of what the first phase promised, we will just get the same results - a half-empty mall, a closed attraction, and a series of glitzy parks that sit mostly unused.
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Well, none of that is true. First of all, the railyard development was never meant to be some sort of housing development for affordable apartments. Sure, there are some affordable units that will be available. But to suggest this development is and was an affordable housing development means you just don't know how development works. The Hudson Yards itself was designed as an alternative business district, something that couldn't happen without the 7 line extension. Housing is needed all across the city, and can be built mostly across the city. The pandemic itself had an impact on the mall, but the Neiman Marcus space is was already bought by, and being developed as an extension of the Wells Fargo headquarters, another success by the City and Related.
https://newsroom.wf.com/English/news...-/default.aspx
In fact, the commercial component of the Hudson Yards has succeeded even Related's expectations, which is why things are shifting away from more residential, which can be built anywhere.
As far as Hudson Yards being a neighborhood in it's own right, the area is largely still being developed. You may not like that the mall is upscale, but it was always going to be that. Nobody was going to put up a platform over the railyards to put up minimal developments.
As for the casino being an empty attraction, that's just being silly. The casino complex, with it's clubs, restaurants, and theaters is the exact thing that the Hudson Yards needs to draw even more people there who otherwise wouldn't need to be over there. And it will tie in perfectly with the city and state's desire to draw more business to the convention center.
New York is a big city. There is a place for everything, but not everything belongs every place. All in all, the Hudson Yards is one of the biggest successes in the City. All you have to do is look at the skyline to see that.
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