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VOLUME I
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| Abstract |
| Signature Page |
| Executive Summary |
| 1: Project Purpose and Need |
| 2: Project Alternatives |
| 3: Description of Construction Methods and Activities |
| 4: Public Outreach and Review Process |
| 5: Transportation |
| 5A: Transportation—Ridership Modeling |
| 5B: Transportation—Subway and Commuter Rail |
| 5C: Transportation—Surface Transit |
| 5D: Transportation—Vehicular Traffic |
| 5E:
Transportation—Parking |
| 5F:
Transportation–Pedestrians |
| 6:
Social and Economic Conditions |
| 7:
Public Open Space |
| 8:
Displacement and Relocation |
| 9:
Historic Resources |
| 10:
Archaeological Resources |
| 11:
Air Quality |
| 12:
Noise and Vibration |
| 13:
Infrastructure and Energy |
| 14:
Contaminated Materials |
| 15:
Natural Resources |
| 16:
Coastal Zone Consistency |
| 17:
Safety |
| 18:
Environmental Justice |
| 19:
Indirect and Cumulative Effects |
| 20:
Commitment of Resources |
| 21:
List of Preparers |
| 22:
List of Agencies and Organizations |
| Draft
Programmatic Agreement |
| Draft
Section 4(f) Evaluation |
| Glossary
G-1 |
| Index
Index-1 |
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VOLUME 2
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| APPENDIX
A: Planning Context |
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B: Development of Alternatives |
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C: Photographs of Shaft Sites |
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APPENDIX
D.1: Transportation—Ridership Modeling |
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APPENDIX
D.2: Transportation |
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APPENDIX
D.3: Transportation—Supporting Tables and Diagrams for Transportation Analysis |
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APPENDIX
E.1: Social and Economic Conditions |
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APPENDIX E.2: Social
and Economic Conditions—Maps and Photographs of Station, Staging Area, and Shaft Site Study Areas
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E.3:Social and Economic Conditions - Zoning Resolution |
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E.4: Social and Economic Conditions - Zoning Maps for Neighborhood
Zones |
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E.5: Social and Economic Conditions - Methodologies |
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F: Displacement and Relocation |
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VOLUME 3
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APPENDIX
G.1: Historic Resources |
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APPENDIX
G.2: Historic Resources—List of Agency Correspondence |
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H: Archaeological Resources |
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I: Air Quality |
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APPENDIX
J.1: Noise and Vibration |
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APPENDIX
J.2: Noise and Vibration—Supporting Tables for Noise Analysis |
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APPENDIX
K.1: Contaminated Materials |
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APPENDIX
K.2: Contaminated Materials—Inventory of Evaluated Sites |
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APPENDIX
L.1: Natural Resources |
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APPENDIX
L.2: Natural Resources—Federal Transit Administration/Metropolitan Transportation Authority Second Avenue
Subway, New York, New York—Essential Fish Habitat Assessment
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APPENDIX
L.3: Natural Resources—List of Correspondence
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APPENDIX
L.4: Natural Resources—Benthic Invertebrate Grab, Vibratory Sampling and Sediment Analysis at Third
Avenue Bridge and Pier 6 New York City |
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M: Coastal Zone Consistency |
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N: Environmental Justice |
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O: Response to Comments Received on the 1999 DEIS |
| APPENDIX
P: Community Board Resolutions and Motions |
| APPENDIX
Q: References |
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I. List of Figures
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| Executive Summary |
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S-1
New York City Subway Service with Second Avenue Subway Line |
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S-2
Project Area |
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S-3
Shallow Chrystie Option |
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S-4
Deep Chrystie Option |
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S-5
Forsyth Street Option |
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S-6
Proposed Second Avenue Subway Line, Tunnel, and Station Elements |
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S-7
Construction Techniques |
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| Project Purpose and Need |
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1-1
Project Area |
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1-2
Daily Trips to Manhattan South of 60th Street |
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| Project Alternatives |
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2-1
New York City Subway Service with Second Avenue Subway Line |
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2-2
Proposed Second Avenue Subway Line, Tunnel, and Station Elements |
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2-3
Track Diagram, North of 57th Street |
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2-4
Track Diagram, South of 57th Street |
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2-5
Shallow Chrystie Option |
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2-6
Deep Chrystie Option |
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2-7
Forsyth Street Option |
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2-8
Conceptual Drawing of the 125th Street Station |
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2-9
Station Entrance Options (Plan View) |
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2-10
Context Map: Train Storage and Maintenance |
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2-11
Proposed Storage Tracks at 125th Street and 129th Streets |
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2-12
Coney Island Yard Expansion Site (Possible New Storage Yard) |
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2-13
36th-38th Street Yard (Possible Storage Tracks Created in Existing
Yard) |
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2-14
Concourse Yard (Possible Location for Expansion to Maintenance Facilities) |
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2-15
207th Street Yard (Possible Location for Expansion to Maintenance
Facilities) |
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| Description of Construction
Methods and Activities |
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3-1
Conceptual Drawing of a Tunnel Boring Machine |
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3-2
Conceptual Drawing of a Tunnel Boring Process |
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3-3
Section of a Typical Tunnel |
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3-4
Conceptual Drawing of Conventional Mining |
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3-5
Conceptual Cut-and-Cover Station Construction, Section View |
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3-6
Cut-and-Cover Construction—Conceptual Drawing and Photograph |
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3-7
Example of Building Underpinning |
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3-8
Typical Barge Site |
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3-9
Potential Shaft Site and Spoils Removal Areas Near Second Avenue
North of 125th Street, Near 96th Street, and at 66th Street |
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3-10
Potential Shaft Site and Staging Areas Near 34th Street, Near Houston
Street and in Lower Manhattan |
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3-11
Construction Techniques |
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| Public Outreach
And Review Process |
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4-1
Community Boards Along Second Avenue Subway Alignment |
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| Transportation |
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5D-1
Areas of Severe Vehicular Congestion |
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5D-2
Roadway Configuration Options During the Decking Installation Construction
Phase |
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5D-3
Roadway Configuration Options During the Tunnel Construction Phase |
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| Social and Economic
Conditions |
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6-1
Second Avenue Subway Study Area |
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6-2
East Harlem Neighborhood Zone Land Use |
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6-3
Community Facilities Within One Block of the Project Alignment, 6-4
East Harlem Neighborhood Zone |
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6-4
Upper East Side Neighborhood Zone Land Use |
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6-5
Community Facilities Within One Block of the Project Alignment,Upper
East Side Neighborhood Zone |
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6-6
East Midtown Neighborhood Zone Land Use |
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6-7
Community Facilities Within One Block of the Project Alignment,East
Midtown Neighborhood Zone |
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6-8
Gramercy Park/Union Square Neighborhood Zone Land Use |
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6-9
Community Facilities Within One Block of the Project Alignment, 6-10
Gramercy Park/Union Square Neighborhood Zone |
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6-10
East Village/Lower East Side/Chinatown Neighborhood Zone Land Use |
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6-11
Community Facilities Within One Block of the Project Alignment, 6-12
East Village/Lower East Side/Chinatown Neighborhood Zone |
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6-12
Lower Manhattan Neighborhood Zone Land Use |
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6-13
Community Facilities Within One Block of the Project Alignment,Lower
Manhattan Neighborhood Zone |
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| Public Open Space |
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7-1
Parks Adjacent to the Second Avenue Subway Alignment |
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7-2
Parks Adjacent to the Second Avenue Subway Alignment |
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| Historic Resources |
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9-1
East Harlem—Known Historic Resources |
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9-2
Upper East Side—Known Historic Resources |
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9-3
East Midtown—Known Historic Resources |
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9-4
Gramercy Park/Union Square—Known Historic Resources |
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9-5
East Village/Lower East Side/Chinatown—Known Historic Resources |
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9-6
Lower Manhattan—Known Historic Resources |
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9-7
207th Street Yard—Known Historic Resources |
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9-8
Concourse Yard—Known Historic Resources |
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9-9
36th-38th Street Yard—Known Historic Resources |
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| Archaeological Resources |
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10-1
East Harlem Area of Potential Effect—Areas of Potential Archaeological Sensitivity and Potential Project Effects |
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10-2
Upper East Side Area of Potential Effect—Areas of Potential Archaeological Sensitivity and Potential Project Effects |
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10-3
East Midtown Area of Potential Effect—Areas of Potential Archaeological Sensitivity and Potential Project Effects |
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10-4
Gramercy Park/Union Square Area of Potential Effect—Areas of Potential Archaeological Sensitivity and Potential Project Effects |
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10-5
East Village/Lower East Side/Chinatown Area of Potential Effect—Areas of Potential Archaeological Sensitivity and Potential Project Effects |
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10-6
Lower Manhattan Area of Potential Effect—Areas of Potential Archaeological Sensitivity and Potential Project Effects |
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| Noise |
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12-1
FTA’s Noise Impact Criteria for Transit Operations |
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12-2
East Harlem and Upper East Side Noise Receptors |
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12-3
East Midtown, Gramercy Park/Union Square, East Village/Chinatown/Lower
East Side, and Lower Manhattan Noise Receptors |
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12-4
Operational Ground-Borne Noise Impacts |
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12-5
Operations Ground-Borne Vibration Impacts |
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| Natural Resources |
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15-1
129th Street, Harlem River |
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15-2
Pier 6, East River |
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15-3
Coney Island Subway Yard Expansion, Coney Island Creek |
| Coastal Zone Consistency |
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16-1
Coastal Zone Near Manhattan Alignment |
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16-2
Coastal Zone Near Coney Island Yard Expansion Site |
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16-3
Coastal Zone Near 207th Street Yard |
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| Environmental Justice |
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18-1
Second Avenue Corridor Study Area |
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18-2
Shaft/Staging Site Construction Study Areas |
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18-3
Second Avenue Corridor Study Area Census Tracts with Population of
Concern |
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18-4
Shaft/Staging Site Construction Study Areas Census Tracts with Population
of Concern |
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| Draft Section 4(f)
Evaluation |
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1 Section
4(f) Park Resources |
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2 Section
4(f) Park Resources |
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3 Conceptual
Drawing of Crack Is Wack Playground |
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4 Crack
Is Wack Playground |
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5 Conceptual
Drawing of Triboro Plaza |
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6 Triboro
Plaza |
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7 Conceptual
Drawing of Playground 96 |
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8 Western
Portion of Playground 96 |
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9 Conceptual
Drawing of St. Vartan Park |
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Western Portion of St. Vartan Park |
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Conceptual Drawing of Sara D. Roosevelt Park: Shallow Chrystie Option |
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Conceptual Drawing of Sara D. Roosevelt Park: Deep Chrystie Option |
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Conceptual Drawing of Sara D. Roosevelt Park: Forsyth Street Option |
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Sara D. Roosevelt Park – Houston to Delancey Streets |
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Sara D. Roosevelt Park – Houston to Delancey Streets |
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Sara D. Roosevelt Park – Delancey to Grand Streets |
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Sara D. Roosevelt Park – Houston to Delancey Streets |
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Conceptual Drawing of Kimlau Square |
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Kimlau Square |
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St. James Triangle |
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Pearl Street Playground |
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Fulton Street Plaza |
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23
Vietnam Veterans Plaza |
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Coenties Slip
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