New Fulton Street Transit Center
Oct. 3, 2003, 2:05 p.m.
The Times had an article about the Corbin Building, at 11 John
The Times had an article about the Corbin Building, at 11 John Street, being preserved and maybe even incorporated into the MTA's plans for a new Fulton Street Transit Center. MTA Chairman Peter S. Kalikow said, "Our new transit center and downtown's historic architecture are both important to the future success of Lower Manhattan."
A new Fulton Street hub would make order of the "ganglia of subway platforms serving the A, C, J, M, Z, 2, 3, 4 and 5 subway lines." The MTA's vision:
A facility that is:
- less congested and circuitous,
- accessible to people with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA),
- easily identified from street level, and
- better linked to area subway services and the WTC site
And specific design elements of:
- More surface-level access points,
- High-visibility entrance at Fulton Street and Broadway,
- New pedestrian concourse under Dey Street,
- New and expanded station mezzanines and passageways,
- New connections between the and stations,
- ADA-compliant elevators and escalators, and
- A design that can be built within five years.
More about the Corbin building.
The Times' recent Home feature about Fulton Street's residential appeal.
The Fulton Street Transit Center [MTA]