A city for the rich, built poorly: The construction of Hudson Yards

Hudson Yards bills itself as New York’s newest neighborhood, however it reflects many of the shortcomings of the city’s prior superblock development projects. Hudson Yards’ website calls the Public Square and Gardens area of the complex “the smartest park ever built” and an “engineering marvel,” but the Public Square is lined with broken pavers and questionable construction. While Mr. Kimmelman in the New York Times calls Hudson Yards “a spectacle” where “the peak ambitions of city life were consuming luxury goods and enjoying a smooth, seductive, mindless materialism,” saying it’s a place designed for a smooth experience is a stretch.

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