Grahame Shane
Brian Mc. Grath
Victoria Benatar
THE FABRIC FOR IMAGINATION
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The Bus Terminal, which was built in 1963 was
attending a big number of trips coming to New York City from
different parts of the Country, representing an important
construction for modern architecture of that decade, as it stands on
top of the Trans Manhattan Expressway, dealing with a high quantity
of movement for people, cars, buses and trucks.
In the present, the building seems to be in a chaotic state of
abandonment, it does not use its full original operation capacity,
only at some rush hours the terminal is partially busy, serving
mainly routes for people living in New Jersey and working in
Manhattan and vice versa, the building has somehow turned from a big
regional transportation hub into a suburban area connector for the
city. As a result of this lack of people movement, big areas
originally thought for retail, shops and storage are now without any
use, empty and closed.
Some other areas still in use like the bets place where some gamblers
and vicious people gather everyday, giving the terminal a special
negative ambiance.
A big amount of money is yearly spent for maintenance in this
building, it clearly seems to be it has become a big dead weight for
the New York Port Authority.
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