Southern Railyard

In Trump's original 1987 proposal for the site, the southern part of the railyard was to become Television City, a production facility which would also include a new headquarters for NBC. My understanding is that when the studio component was removed from the project that became Riverside South, the fate of the southern part of the railyard was left undefined. However, something big, expensive and temporal will likely get built here at some point.

9/2/2001 06:55 AM
Area being cleared for construction of 120 Riverside Boulevard

9/2/2001 07:38 AM
Old railyard being cleared for construction

9/2/2001 07:44 AM
Parking lot that used to sit on the southern railyard

10/19/2007 11:43 AM
Southern railyard

11/17/2006 03:20 PM
Tunnel construction for 80 Riverside Boulevard

2/14/2008 01:42 PM
Tunnel construction

2/14/2008 01:43 PM
Tunnel construction

Just to the south of the railyard is the power plant for the IRT subway system.

9/2/2001 07:51 AM
IRT power plant

10/19/2007 11:47 AM
IRT power plant

10/19/2007 11:48 AM
IRT power plant

10/19/2007 12:03 PM
IRT power plant smokestack

9/1/2008 01:39 PM
Window detail

9/1/2008 01:39 PM
Decorative trim

Immediately to the southast of the railyard is the former Sheffield Dairy which had a direct rail connection to the yard. The dairy was later converted to studios for CBS-TV.

9/2/2001 07:54 AM
CBS Studios - old Sheffield Dairy

When I last visited in the Fall of 2007, 59th Street on the southern edge of the old railyard was still home to some rugged old survivors from the past. Also, one of the few desolate streets in Manhattan where tour buses can park while waiting for their contents to leave their cash on the island. Not sure what the ultimate plan for this area is.