35 HUDSON THE MAKING OF HUDSON YARDS HUDSON YARDS RIVER 15 HUDSON UNDERSTANDING THE “PLATFORM” YARDS 12TH AVE.

To complete Hudson Yards, two “PODIUM” WESTERN 30 HUDSON “platforms” must be constructed to STRUCTURE: PLATFORM YARDS over 30 active Long Island UPPER TRUSSES Columns and other support 10 HUDSON structures land between the rail YARDS Rail train tracks. Finished Tall trusses support hung HUDSON lines—and are placed to avoid PODIUM buildings will extend through the sections of this building, which YARDS underground utilities—while trusses 34TH ST. connects and platform and rise above, with suppotin the towes south fae 11TH AVE. 30 Hudson Yards, and will 33RD ST. caissons drilled deep into bedrock span the tracks. house a collection of shops and EASTERN between the rail lines to support the restaurants on multiple floors. 30TH ST. PLATFORM structures. 10TH AVE.

Glossary 10 Hudson Yards. Opened in 2016, the 895 ft. tall (1.8 million square foot) office tower on the corner of “PODIUM” BASE 10th and West 30th houses the world STRUCTURE OVER headquarters of oah, In. and the oth eian STRUCTURE s of Oal USA and SAP. Location and construction of THE YARDS 30 Hudson Yards. A 1296 ft. tall office tower (2.6 columns supporting this Trusses must bridge over this million square feet) on the corner of 10th Avenue and building—home to a collection of narrow section of the rail yard. West 33rd Street that will house the headquarters for Time Warner, Inc. and KKR. It will be the second-tallest shops and restaurants on its office building in . lower floors—must be coordinated with , tracks Caisson. A large-diameter pipe drilled into rock and filled with . At Hudson Yards, more than 300 and LIRR facilities, which will caissons will be installed to support buildings and the remain active through platform. construction. BUILDABLE AREAS Eastern Rail Yard Platform. A 10-acre deck Due to the location of tracks, built above Hudson Yards. It will support more than five HIGH LINE ABOVE SITE: underground tunnels and utilities, acres of open space, four towers, a culture center and 33,000 SF (0.75 ACRES) EASTERN RAIL one million square feet of shops and restaurants. 11TH AVENUE YARD PLATFORM only 38% of the site can be used to support structures. Empire Line. rail line that runs along 30TH STREET anhattans , linin enn tation to lan.

Gateway Project. tas plan to uild two new 33RD STREET rail tunnels under the to connect Penn Station and the . A concrete shell has 10TH AVENUE been installed below Hudson Yards to secure a for the tunnels.

Hudson Yards. The 28-acre rail yard—framed by LONG ISLAND RAILROAD TRACKS: West 30th Street to the south, West 33rd Street to the 23,000 SF (5.5 ACRES) 42% OF SITE north, 10th Avenue to the east and 12th Avenue to the 10 HUDSON YARDS NO. 7 TRAIN west—where LIRR trains are “parked” between runs. STATION The yard also includes an indoor maintenance shop, FOUNDATION 12-car-long cleaning platform and various SYSTEM: DRILLED employee-support facilities. LIRR. commuter system, North CAISSONS eias usiest. It tanspots 50,000 ides dail. This tower is the only building No. . A 1.5-mile extension being constructed completely on to the Flushing () line, moving its final stop from terra firma—and not on the Times Square to Hudson Yards. The project opened in platform. NORTH RIVER September 2015 and will be able to accommodate more TUNNELS than 42,000 commuters during peak times. UNDERGROUND North River Tunnels. Built between 1904 and EMPIRE 1908 as part of the original INFRASTRUCTURE LINE project, today these two passages funnel 445 trains and more than 600,000 riders daily. FUTURE GATEWAY Truss. A structural system of beams, bars or rods that TUNNELS support a roof or bridge. hudsonyardsnewyork.com