Empire State Development Opens the Moynihan Train Hall at Penn Station

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• Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Amtrak Unveils New Design for the Penn Station Overhaul

  Penn Station, New York, NY, USAAmtrak

  

  Starts 06/08/2026CONFIRMED91% CONFIDENCE107 days agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "unveiled the design renderings for the once-in-a-generation redevelopment of New York Penn Station."

  Amtrak and its newly chosen builders showed the public a first look at the redesigned Penn Station concourse, the latest step in a federal takeover of the long-delayed rebuild.

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• Transport09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  The Park at Penn's Landing Opens Over a Capped I-95

  Park at Penn's Landing, Columbus Boulevard at Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106Delaware River Waterfront Corporation

  

  Starts 01/01/2030ESTIMATED50% CONFIDENCEin 3.3 yearsThe park's own site gives a pair of years rather than a day: the "11.5-acre civic park under construction along Philadelphia's Central Delaware Waterfront" is "Set to open in 2029/2030".^[1]

  An 11.5-acre civic park on a deck over Interstate 95 and Columbus Boulevard, stitching Old City back to the Delaware River waterfront. PennDOT is building the $329 million cap underneath and the waterfront corporation the park on top of it.

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• Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Second Avenue Subway Phase One Opens as World's Priciest Subway

  2nd Ave & E 96th St, Manhattan, New York

  

  Starts 01/01/2017CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE9.7 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "The first phase of this new line, with three new stations on Manhattan's Upper East Side, opened on January 1, 2017."

  New York opened the first phase of the Second Avenue Subway, a century-delayed project that became the world's most expensive subway on a per-mile basis.

  $4.45

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• Architecture09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  One Vanderbilt Opens Beside Grand Central

  1 Vanderbilt Avenue, Midtown Manhattan, New York, NY 10017SL Green Realty·…

  

  Starts 09/14/2020CONFIRMED82% CONFIDENCE6.0 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "One Vanderbilt was formally opened with a ceremony three days later, on September 14."

  One Vanderbilt, a 1,401-foot supertall office tower beside Grand Central Terminal, formally opened in Midtown Manhattan.

  $3.3B

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• Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  NYC Targets 2030s for the Interborough Express

  Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York, USAMetropolitan Transportation Authority

  

  Starts 12/31/2033ESTIMATED66% CONFIDENCEin 7.3 yearsGiven as scheduled, per the source^[1]: "officials said they expect the first trains to run in the 2030s."

  The MTA is pushing ahead on a new light rail line linking Brooklyn and Queens via a freight corridor that has never had passenger subway service.

  $5.5B

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• Transport09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  Four Rebuilt Red Line Stations Open on Chicago's North Side

  Lawrence to Bryn Mawr, Uptown and Edgewater, Chicago, IllinoisChicago Transit Authority

  

  Starts 07/20/2025CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE1.2 years agoThe CTA's announcement says "four fully reconstructed Red Line stations in Edgewater and Uptown will open on Sunday, July 20, 2025".^[1]

  The Lawrence, Argyle, Berwyn and Bryn Mawr stations reopened fully accessible, with elevators and escalators at main entrances, wider platforms, translucent overhead canopies and new public artwork. They sit on 1.3 miles of new track structure, bridges and viaducts built between Lawrence and Bryn Mawr under the CTA's $2.1 billion Red and Purple Modernization Phase One project.

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• Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Construction Begins on New York's Hudson River Rail Tunnel

  North River Tunnel, Weehawken, New Jersey

  

  Starts 11/03/2023CONFIRMED89% CONFIDENCE2.9 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "construction finally began Nov. 3 on the Hudson River Tunnel portion of the Gateway Program^[2]".

  Crews broke ground on the Hudson Tunnel Project, a new rail tunnel meant to relieve the century-old, storm-damaged North River Tunnel beneath the Hudson River.

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• Architecture09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  The Vessel Opens at Hudson Yards

  Hudson Yards, Manhattan, New York, NY, USARelated Companies

  

  Starts 03/15/2019CONFIRMED89% CONFIDENCE7.5 years agoConfirmed against contemporaneous coverage of the public opening. Happened as dated, per the source^[1]: "The Vessel opened to the public on March 15, 2019".

  Thomas Heatherwick's climbable honeycomb staircase, The Vessel, opens to the public as the centrepiece of Manhattan's new Hudson Yards district.

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• Sports09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  Foundation Work Begins on the Commanders' New Stadium at RFK

  2400 East Capitol Street SE, Washington, D.C. 20003, United StatesWashington Commanders

  

  Starts 04/01/2026CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE175 days agoThe article states "Work on foundational infrastructure began in April 2026, with groundbreaking scheduled for early 2027", giving the month but not the day.^[1]

  Work started on the foundational infrastructure for a 65,000-seat domed stadium on the old RFK Stadium site in southeast Washington, with the full groundbreaking held back to early 2027 and opening expected in 2030. The Commanders are putting up $2.7 billion towards a project projected at $3.8 billion; the District is spending $500 million on infrastructure and will own the building.

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• Transport09/11/2026@ThePinGang

  Second Avenue Subway Phase 2 Opens

  East Harlem, New York

  Starts 12/01/2032ESTIMATED69% CONFIDENCEin 6.2 yearsGiven as a target, not a fixed date, per the pin description: "…tury after the line was first proposed. Estimated date.…"

  The Q train extends north to 125th Street in East Harlem, a century after the line was first proposed. Estimated date.

  $17B

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• Architecture09/14/2026@BuildDesk

  262 Fifth Avenue Rises Over the Empire State Building's Sightlines

  262 Fifth Avenue, NoMad, Manhattan, New YorkFive Points Development

  

  Starts 12/31/2026ESTIMATED66% CONFIDENCEin 99 daysGiven as a target, not a fixed date, per archdaily.com^[3]: Meganom "is nearing completion" of the tower as of December 2025, with delivery expected in 2026.

  Five Points Development's slender 262 Fifth Avenue condo tower topped out in Manhattan's NoMad district in 2024 and is on track to open in 2026, drawing criticism for blocking classic views of the nearby Empire State Building.

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• Architecture09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Otis Completes Decade-Long Empire State Building Elevator Overhaul

  350 5th Avenue, New York, NY, USAOtis

  

  Starts 10/14/2019CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE6.9 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "Otis Completes Elevator Modernization for Empire State Building, Delivers Custom Glass Mast Car" (press release dated October 14, 2019).

  Otis finished a roughly decade-long modernisation of all 68 elevators in New York's Empire State Building, capped by a custom glass car serving the 102nd-floor observatory.

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