From a window in my office, the oculus, the centerpiece of the new Fulton Street Transit Center, is clearly coming into shape. The MTA says it’s still on the (revised) schedule for a 2014 opening. The project has multiple components, big and small. They range from renaming the entire multi-station complex to “Fulton Street”, constructing a passageway connecting to the WTC site, to providing new entrances.
One of those, is an ADA-accessible access to the 2/3 platform, at the corner of William and Fulton, in a storefront last occupied by a vitamin store. You can see one of the Marine Grill mosaics, already installed. The mosaics, originally from a restaurant in the old Hotel McAlpin, and nearly 100 years old, were literally in pieces inside of dumpsters and about to be carted to the trash, before being rescued and installed in the old concourse of the station back in 2000. Now, they’re being installed in the station once again.
Thank you for posting a picture of the oculus current status. My company is installing the skylite that rests atop the sphere. Being that we are located in Chicago I have only seen writen status reports. It's nice to see with my own eye's.
Posted by: Tim Flynn | June 25, 2011 at 08:52 AM