Hudson Yards—one of New York City’s largest-ever construction projects, and one of its most delayed—officially got underway on Tuesday morning, a decade after first appearing on a drawing board.
The groundbreaking ceremony, which took place at the rail yards on Manhattan’s West Side, featured 300 people crammed into a white tent, while machines rumbled in a muddy lot outside. Among those in attendance were a who’s who of architects, real estate brokers, and city officials, as well as Stephen M. Ross, the chairman of the Related Companies, which is developing the $15 billion, 26-acre project along with Oxford Properties Group.
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