Ghost stairs and pig bones sit in the way of new NYC train tunnel
Subsurface scans of the ground between 11th and 12th avenues and 29th and 30th streets revealed unexpected bits of history buried in landfill, impacting construction.
West Side commuters, meet your $16 billion construction headache
To prep for tunnel excavation under the Hudson River, crews have already chopped trees near 30th Street and plan to remove the median on the West Side Highway next.