Long Island City’s long lost East River footbridge concept discovered

Build it! Now!

What do mean? The Pulaski bridge connects us to Greenpoint…

this would be amazing, complete with a bike lane, these are the type of things politicians should grab on to. how much could it cost? i would pay a special tax for it.

Trams need too much maintenance though and if it’s really windy they can’t be used. A foot bridge needs zero maintenance.

The footbridge would connect vernon to G’point, and not force foot traffic across the crappy Pulaski.

London did something similar. Their Millennium Footbridge is a pedestrian-only steel suspension bridge crossing the Thames River. This would be double the lenght, but the Millennium Footbridge only cost $30M to construct. Now granted that’s in London not in NY where organized crime family known as unions tend to operate, but its not so crazy financially.

this idea is too good to be true. it would be amazing…

anyone from city council or city hall watching this space? :)

This makes way too much sense to have it done. I wonder how long an average person would take to walk across this bridge. I would think 10 min tops.

To walk across the QB takes a little over 25 minutes, walking relatively quickly.

This indeed would be great. Probably a huge security issue for the Un though.

Considering the UN doesn’t even allow the East Side bike path to cross their property, I doubt they’d allow a foot bridge.

It’s so depressing to me that the same city that wouldn’t take no for an answer as it built the the two tunnels and the East River bridges, not to mention the subway system, today finds unable to imagine doing anything approaching the scale of this project. We’re the city of “No-Can-Do.” Tell me, what exactly is so wrong with us today that we can’t think big anymore?

I agree with 22 and 23 on the state of our country as compared to the rest of the world.
When was the last time we build something that was awe inspiring in scale?
Oh wait, the new iPhone leaked yesterday … and we had something to talk about.

The rest of the world has been laughing at us for over a decade. But on the other hand it did not seem to learn from our mistakes. India and China is riding the same slippery slope that led us here.

Not to get political here, but today’s politician can’t see past the next elections cycle. How can you expect them to develop a vision. Its all about what short term impact can I make so that I can get my name in the paper. Agree with the previous posters. Robert Moses is sometimes a contraversial figure, but he and others in that era had a real commitment to get things done. That’s what we need today. During the depression, dams were built, highways were created, the infrastucture of the country was improved. After spending trillions on so call economic stimulus what public works projects do we have to speak of. Can anyone name anything that was noteworthy in the billions and billions that was spent?

26, the saddest thing to me is that I believe the American public is ready to be a leader again and see our economy flourish, but no one on the national stage can or will make anything happen. Obama should have sunk all that stimulus cash into high-speed rail projects and converting moribund factories into green technology centers. If FDR were alive today, I could imagine him pushing us in that direction. Instead, we’re held hostage by entrenched interests and corporate criminals, while the “hate-triots” have monopolized political discussions. The rest of us are left dreaming about simple, practical footbridge proposals that will never see the light of day. How far we’ve fallen.

Here’s an idea. Instead of the government getting involved, why don’t we explore what it would cost to build the footbridge with private capital. Then, after four decades of environmental studies and governmental regulation, we might get the damn thing built. Who wouldn’t pay a buck toll to walk across the great estuary–you know it’s not really a river, right?. I bet we could turn a profit after a while. What a concept.

I’m about to move to Queens from London. LIC really interesting. I love the name \Queens Plaza\ – in Europe the word Plaza doesn’t exactly conjure up the crazy mix of criss-crossing flyovers, elevated railways, piles of concrete, parked cars, wild signposts, confusing traffic lanes, junk food outlets, heavy traffic and lovely old industrial buildings. A footbridge would be great. Don’t despair – look how they did the High Line – community-led. A civilised commute? I once took a ferry but it was a long walk – is it still there?