# Talk:Fulton Center

What was the exact reason why Broadway-Nassau-Fulton Streets (New York City Subway) was merged into this article and not the other way around? Is "Fulton Street Transit Center" the current name of the station or station complex? I don't think so. I would move it back to the aforementioned title until the complex is rechristened and construction is complete. Tinlinkin 13:25, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Yours truly NE2 is who moved it. He moved dozens of articles claiming he is replacing the en dash with the hyphen but removes the suffixes with the division and line monikers. This guy is really sneaky, and it's making me sick. --Imdanumber1 (talk • contribs) 18:13, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
Fulton Street Transit Center appears to be the common name for the complex. I tagged it for merging for about a week but no one objected. --NE2 19:35, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
Only one problem: the proposed complex is not complete yet. Therefore, the so-called common name would be Broadway-Nassau-Fulton Streets (New York City Subway). --Imdanumber1 (talk • contribs) 00:32, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
You may be right that it's not technically the "Fulton Street Transit Center" yet, and maybe we should have waited until it was completed. But you're wrong about "Broadway-Nassau-Fulton Streets": [1][2] --NE2 02:00, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
By the way, this was a merge, not a move. I think the question of merging should be discussed separately from the question of naming. If it gets moved back, should it stay merged? --NE2 02:01, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
I support the merge. But the merge should have been to the existing station (complex), which was at "Broadway-Nassau-Fulton Streets". I'm not comfortable with using future names for current situations. If you are unhappy with "Broadway-Nassau-Fulton Streets", could you suggest a better name? (The individual station platform names are also unlikely to change, though it's always possible--a waste of money if that's done...) On the other hand, since this is a future structure, it may be better to keep the articles separate in order to avoid confusion. Tinlinkin 03:47, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
Fulton Street-Broadway-Nassau: [3] --NE2 06:04, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
But don't forget that Nassau Street is a street too. Using "Fulton Street-Broadway-Nassau" is confusing, "Fulton Street-Broadway-Nassau Street" sounds long-winded. "Broadway-Nassau-Fulton Streets is right because Nassau and Fulton Streets are both streets (respectively). --Imdanumber1 (talk • contribs) 22:22, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
We don't create article names by changing around the real names into a neologism. --NE2 01:16, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
It is not a neologism. We are just combining two nouns (which are the streets) to make the name as short as possible. The MTA uses it as well as a whole bunch of other sites. Look them up for yourself. The name is unwidely long as Fulton Street-Broadway-Nassau Street. --Imdanumber1 (talk • contribs) 02:12, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
The MTA uses it twice, both times while talking about the Staten Island Railway, and with a slash between Broadway-Nassau and Fulton Street, making it clear that they're treating it as two names. Fulton Street-Broadway-Nassau and Fulton Street/Broadway-Nassau is used much more: [4][5] --NE2 03:08, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
By the way, if it's not fine to leave off suffixes, why Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer? --NE2 03:19, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
It is not left off, the real title is at Jamaica Center-Parsons/Archer (New York City Subway). And we should not make the name confusing to others. Plus, it doesn't look good, there is also a Fulton Street and a Broadway in Brooklyn, and even though there is a Nassau Street in Manhattan and a Nassau Avenue in Brooklyn, the "Street" is left off in the title. Sure we may know what the name of the complex is, but do you think others may know, especially non-New Yorkers who don't know of the subway? I don't think so. The google search i performed shows a whole bunch of other sites, we shouldn't always be limited to the MTA. --Imdanumber1 (talk • contribs) 21:32, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
I'm talking about the street suffixes. Why isn't it Jamaica Center-Parsons Boulevard/Archer Avenue? --NE2 03:36, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
Fulton Street is the primary name (i.e. used for 3 platforms vs. 1). "Fulton Street/Broadway-Nassau" (maybe "Fulton Street/Broadway-Nassau Street") is my preference if we need to consider which name is used the most. (But I don't want my opinion to be the deciding factor here.) Tinlinkin 07:07, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
Is it OK if I start separating the text of the future structure from the existing station? Tinlinkin 07:10, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Sure, it makes no sense to have something that doesn't exist yet. --Imdanumber1 (talk • contribs) 00:10, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
The merge was a mistake, and should be reverted. The Fulton Street Transit Center is a project. The project and the station need to be clearly distinguished. The project has a fixed duration, and will end. The station will endure indefinitely. Marc Shepherd 15:07, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

We don't normally split stations from projects. For instance, 59th Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line) talks about the project to add express platforms. Now, if this article got too big, it might be a good idea to split it, but it's currently not. --NE2 17:39, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
There are at least two distinctions. First, the Fulton Street Transit Center includes work at other stations besides just the Fulton Street–Broadway–Nassau complex. In that respect it differs from the addition of express platforms at 59th Street, a project that was localized to one station. You may have been laboring under the misapprehension that the Dey St. Passageway was going to create a new free transfer inside of fare control, but I've addressed that below.
And in the second place, that is no justification for altering the name of the station from the usual naming convention. Marc Shepherd 18:50, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
I think I agree with you on the name, although some of the mockups do shows normal signs that say "Fulton Street Transit Center". Essentially the idea of this merge came when Imdanumber1 was moving it to "Broadway-Nassau-Fulton Streets", despite the common name being "Fulton Street-Broadway-Nassau", and I tried to "think outside the box". (There is no "usual naming convention" in this case, since the map, schedules, and signs all display the individual names.) --NE2 18:56, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
I was under the impression that the FSTC and the station complex are beginning to be referred to interchangeably. That's why I didn't originally think it necessary to unmerge. I'm still with my original feeling, but less so now. Tinlinkin 02:40, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

What's up with this sentence?

In addition to work on the four linked stations, including a large entrance building at Broadway and Fulton Street, the Dey Street Passageway is being built outside fare control to connect to the Cortlandt Street (BMT Broadway Line) station, and a passageway inside fare control will connect that station with the World Trade Center (IND Eighth Avenue Line) station.
I recently read a NY Times article online that showed a animation of the station complex. (2 months ago?) (Illustrations are not archived, therefore there's no way to retrieve it.) It demonstrated a person going from the IRT Broadway-7th Av. platform to the BMT Broadway platform without going outside fare control, if I recall correctly. Am I correct? Tinlinkin 13:38, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

I can't find anything that describes whether it's inside fare control. The video may have been outdated though. --NE2 02:14, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
Why would the MTA connect the existing 2, 3, 4, 5, A, C, J, M and Z lines while having the N, R, W, and E line connection separate? The transfer is supposed to be amongst all those lines. That is why "outside fare control" makes no sense to me. (Maybe it's bad writing, I don't know. The present NY Times sources are from June 2006 and the article I read was much more recent than that. I will search the archives for the exact article I read.) Tinlinkin 03:53, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
I think this is the article: from January 2007. I currently don't have TimesSelect, but I always think about subscribing. Tinlinkin 03:59, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
You might have access through your local library; mine gives me back to 1980. Anyway, that article doesn't say whither the passageway will provide free transfers. Building it outside fare control would allow non-subway passengers, such as people coming from PATH, to use it. --NE2 06:14, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
The MetroCard has the ability to allow free transfers without requiring platforms to be connected by fare-controlled passageways. Presumably this is what the MTA plans to do here. A big advantage of electronic payment systems is that they allow complex stations like this one to be built without a maze of twisty passages, all alike.--agr 03:28, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

I was not thinking about the MetroCard (even though I know about the out-of-system transfers), but after reading your comment, I agree with you. After taking a closer look at the Dey Street Passageway, I think I understand the configuration better (with [6] and [7]). The Dey Street Passageway seems to be designed for easy paassage from the World Trade Center site into the Fulton Street Transit Center building, not a fare-controlled passageway. Otherwise, an entry to the subway system would have to be built near Church Street and the FSTC building would seem illogical. I apologize for the confusion I casued. I was thinking of my preconceived notions of fare-controlled passageways. [As a sidenote, I remember there was a fare-controlled underpass at Cortlandt St. station in which I looked at the "Trade, Treasure, and Travel" artwork. I think that is under Dey Street, but I'm not sure.] Tinlinkin 06:46, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
The reference is Chapter 3 of the FEIS , p. 3-21: "The Dey Street Passageway is currently proposed to be an unpaid connection between the WTC site and the FSTC, and, as such, is expected to serve a larger volume of people than if it were strictly a paid-zone to paid-zone transfer...." PDF here Marc Shepherd 15:23, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the reference; it confirms my conclusion about pedestrian traffic (in a manner of speaking). What is the link for the entire document? Tinlinkin 02:46, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
The full document is at http://www.mta.info/capconstr/fstc/feis.htm. If you slog through the whole thing, you can see they did consider putting that passageway inside of the paid zone. I suspect they concluded it would be a seldom-used transfer. For most plausible transit trips, there are more convenient places already available to transfer between those lines. Marc Shepherd 12:14, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Okay guys, we need to repair the damage that was done to the station complex article and the project article. For the project article, the station should remain as is: Fulton Street Transit Center. But for the station article, I have really become indifferent with the station names for the articles, but would otherwise go with the following:

Broadway-Nassau-Fulton Streets
Fulton Street/Broadway-Nassau Street
Broadway-Nassau Street/Fulton Street
If you have any more choices, please discuss before taking action because things are all out of order.
–Imdanumber1 (talk • contribs • email) 02:30, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

I support anything that mentions Fulton Street first, with my preference being "Fulton Street/Broadway-Nassau" without or with "Street" appended at the end. As for splitting the Transit Center, the FSTC refers to the station building serving the station, so I don't want to separate it–but if a split provides clarity that a combined article wouldn't, I could be for it. Tinlinkin 03:19, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
I support Tinlinkin's naming suggestion: Fulton Street/Broadway–Nassau. I see no need to append "Street" at the end, and the people who built the station in the first place didn't either.
The Environmental Impact Statement for the FSTC seems to use that name in two ways. In the first place, it describes the whole project, including two new buildings, the Dey Sreet underpass, and the new E/R-W connector. In the second place, it describes the main station building on the east side of Broadway between Fulton and John Streets. It certainly does not describe the whole Fulton/Broadway–Nassau complex. There are several station entrances whose renovations are already complete, and those entrances have the traditional names, not "Fulton Street Transit Center."
So, to fix this mess, I would recommend that Fulton Street/Broadway–Nassau" is the station complex, and "Fulton Street Transit Center" is the project, comprising a broader program of work that goes well beyond the station boundaries. Marc Shepherd 12:16, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
I'm all for Marc's proposal, but I'm still concerned about the name suggested. I have, however, become indifferent with the naming, but I think we should identify Nassau Street as what it is: a street. –Imdanumber1 (talk • contribs • email) 01:11, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
Per the foregoing discussion, the description of the stations has been moved to Fulton Street/Broadway–Nassau Street (New York City Subway). Marc Shepherd 20:57, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

I replaced the en dash with a hyphen. According to WP:NC#Special characters, en dashes are not to be used in article titles.–Imdanumber1 (talk • contribs • email) 23:35, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
FYI, there are a good deal of NYCS station names with en-dashes in the primary name. Quite a few of these were created by LarryV, who is an admin and presumably knows what he is doing. Marc Shepherd 15:35, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

From Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#Article titles

Only the first letter of the first word, letters in acronyms, and the first letter of proper nouns are capitalized; all other letters are in lower case (Funding of UNESCO projects, not Funding of UNESCO Projects). patsw (talk) 15:49, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Should the first image be the architect's rendering of the Transit Center which is certain not to be built in the form depicted, or the current reality at the site?  I advocate the reality as the first image in the article. patsw (talk) 13:51, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

There is no alternative right now, because the MTA has not decided what will replace the design shown in the image. The lead section, however, ought to explain that the project is in limbo, and not likely to be built as originally announced. Right now, that information is buried lower down in the article. Marc Shepherd (talk) 14:46, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
I went bold and rewrote the introduction to reflect the reality.  The intro is concise, the detail is in the footnotes.  That ugly photo is what's been there since 2006. patsw (talk) 02:51, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
I think you may well have gone too far in the opposite direction. As I understand it, the Fulton Street Transit Center refers to the whole set of interrelated projects, including station rehabs, new entrances, the E/W connector, straightening the A/C mezzanine, the Dey Street Passageway, and the Corbin Building incorporation into the station. The only thing in limbo is the station building on the southeast corner of Fulton and Broadway. To describe the entire project as being in the past tense seems to me incorrect. Marc Shepherd (talk) 13:05, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the feedback. I put things back into present tense and clarified that the "center" is inactive, the "project" is on-going.  The article going forward needs to have that "center"/"project" duality maintained until the above-ground structure gets a definition and a schedule. patsw (talk) 21:26, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

what are all these references to the E Line at the Fulton Street Station? The final stop for the E line is the World Trade Center Station/Chambers Street
Matthewbrownny (talk) 00:46, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
The Fulton Center complex is a collection of various downtown stations in the same locale, but it does not mean that all of the stations will be connected with free transfer passages. Some basic goals of this project are:

Simplify the navigation/transfers between the trains stopping at the Broadway-Nassau-Fulton Street station (2)(3)(4)(5)(A)(C)(J)(Z)
Provide seamless horizontal navigation throughout Lower Manhattan, connecting various transit hubs and subway stations and various points, such as the World Trade Center site and the WFC.
The E indeed terminates at the World Trade Center station, but it is intended that sometime in the near future, that a free transfer passageway would be created to link to the BMT Cortlandt Street station. It would be still part of the Chambers-Park Place complex. 
Note that the 1 is NOT mentioned at all. The 1 travels under Greenwich Street, a little further inside of the WTC site. During the planning of the FSTC (Fulton Center) in the early 2000s, the future of the IRT Cortlandt Street station was uncertain, due to the delayed redevelopment of the site. It was intended that the station would be reconstructed AFTER substantial completion of the WTC site. The 1 station would link with the WTC Transportation Hub, which will be the new terminus of the PATH in Lower Manhattan. Underground concourses, constructed in the footprints of 3 and 4 WTC and the Transit Hub will connect to the Dey Street Passageway, which is part of the Fulton Center project. Hmanck (talk) 22:05, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

I don't think the M train, which is being merged with the V train next month, will stop at this station when it's built. Anlasbry (talk) 16:02, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

That's correct. The templates used by this article and many others will be updated at the end of June with the new routing of the M train. That will fix all the articles at the same time with only one edit. Acps110 (talk • contribs) 23:21, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

A project of such a scale does not go without controversy. I do have a list of problems that the public had, but I would like to collaborate, so that we can create a section that is properly styled.

Cost overruns, budget
Not on time
Necessity of the Fulton Building?
Demolishing buildings, relocating businesses
Disruption of road traffic (Dey Street)
The Dey St. tunnel has drew criticism for not allowing a free transfer
Hmanck (talk) 17:55, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

Try to ask here. Vcohen (talk) 18:02, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

Is there a plan, map, or diagram of the complex?  It is not easy to visualize. Jd2718 (talk) 02:38, 30 March 2014 (UTC)

@Jd2718: here is a diagram. Epicgenius (talk) 17:28, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

Was browsing Vito Acconci's website the other day and found an design he did called "ATRIUM, FULTON STREET TRANSPORATION CENTER".  He dates it 2004. Acconci Studio Website - Fulton Project  It bears a striking similarity to the Grimshaw / Arup / Carpenter design.
I also checked the respective pages for Grimshaw and Arup, but they don't mention Acconci at all.  
Anyone know what's the story here?  Perhaps there was an early conceptual competition (similar to the world trade center)?  
Padams20 (talk) 01:51, 30 September 2014 (UTC)

I haven't been much into the progress of the center for a while, so I may be a bit behind, but the article for the Dey Street Passageway says that the passageway has been complete (sans the connection to WTC) and the section on this page implies that it isn't. Also while some dates seem to have passed and have been edited to reflect current completion status, a lot of other dates in this article haven't. I'm going to look through some sources if I get the chance and try to tidy things up, but if anybody knows better than me the current status of the complex, I'd love to know if there is updating that needs to be done here at all. -- rellmerr (talk page • contribs)  03:47, 5 January 2016 (UTC)

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Reviewer: Georgejdorner (talk · contribs) 23:20, 19 February 2018 (UTC)


### Review
Unfortunately, this article lacks many citations. They may have been removed while the article was awaiting review. Regrettably, their lack is grounds for a quick fail.
Please feel free to post it as a GAN when the corrections are made.Georgejdorner (talk) 23:20, 19 February 2018 (UTC)

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Reviewer: Mike Christie (talk · contribs) 11:58, 27 February 2018 (UTC)
I'll review this. Mike Christie (talk - contribs -  library) 11:58, 27 February 2018 (UTC)
I'll copyedit as I go; please revert if I screw anything up.

Not an issue for GA, but you may wish to fix the following dead links: [8], [9], [10], [11], and [12]. Also, the facebook link doesn't appear to lead to wherever it should.
Removed Facebook; I will archive the other sources. epicgenius (talk) 15:36, 28 February 2018 (UTC)
What makes the following reliable sources?
tribecacitizen.com a reliable source?
untappedcities.com
secondavenuesagas.com
Tribeca Citizen is a local newspaper. I removed the other two. epicgenius (talk) 15:36, 28 February 2018 (UTC)
Per this it's "a one-man band".  That doesn't prove it's not reliable, but I think we need a bit more evidence.  Does it regularly get cited by other reliable sources, for example?  Can we find descriptions of it as reliable in other sources? Mike Christie (talk - contribs -  library) 22:59, 28 February 2018 (UTC)
I removed one instance and am trying to find a source for the other (the Cortlandt-WTC transfer). The MTA didn't exactly announce the Cortlandt-WTC transfer to the public, but this video proves that it exists, and this Reddit thread shows the MTA updated their official subway map. epicgenius (talk) 17:02, 1 March 2018 (UTC)
Would you make the same edits to the layout (G, B1, B2) that you did for the South Ferry/Whitehall Street article?  I think non-subway-buff readers would find it more readable that way.
The "Components" section describes elements of the construction project.  I think that now the project has been completed, it would make more sense to slightly rephrase all this so it's the components of the center; the construction is now historical.  The notes on the construction can stay, but changing just a few words would change the emphasis to the reader.  E.g. The major elements of the Fulton Center rehabilitation project included -> "The major elements of the Fulton Center include".  I wouldn't fail GA for this, because the information is all here, but I think it's back-to-front as it stands.
This portion of the project is part of a master lease to lease over 60,000 square feet of space: this feels like a forward looking statement from the days of the project; can it be restated in the past or present tense now the project is completed?
Done.
It is applying for LEED certification: the source is three years old; can we update this?
Done.
There were plans for a free transfer between Cortlandt Street and World Trade Center stations: the source doesn't say this, it just says "R and E lines".  Can I take it that the station names are unambiguously determined by that?
Yes. The Cortlandt Street station on the R train, and the World Trade Center station on the E train, are also shown in an MTA brochure. epicgenius (talk) 15:36, 28 February 2018 (UTC)
however this plan was removed due to value engineering: a fancy way of saying cost overruns; I think we should go with simpler language.
Done.
The "Planning and cutbacks" section seems a bit more detailed than necessary, and the last paragraph, which lists details of various cuts, is confusing because much of it is without dates, and seems out of sequence with the earlier information -- e.g. the dome is eliminated in the fourth paragraph, but discussed again in the last paragraph.  I think compressing this would help the article.  Similar comments apply to later sections -- do we need to know when temporary passages opened and closed, for example?  In the "Design and construction" subsection of the "Fulton Building" section, do we need to know what the NYT reported as the overrun in 2006?  The 2008 revisions to the plan are clearly important.
These details describe gradual cutbacks that became larger over time. The 2008 revisions were the result of at least three budget increases. epicgenius (talk) 15:36, 28 February 2018 (UTC)
In July 2008, the Federal Transit Administration announced it would not fund the cost overruns associated with the Fulton Center. However, the MTA is using 2009 federal stimulus money to help fund the project. Why do we care now about the announcement then?  And the next sentence is again in the wrong tense.
I rewrote this section and moved it up to the "Planning" section. epicgenius (talk) 15:36, 28 February 2018 (UTC)
In March 2008, the MTA indicated that an above ground structure will be built at the site... Again this seems uninteresting now; no doubt it was relevant information when announced, but it's been superseded.  And the tense is wrong.
I rewrote this section and moved it up to the "Planning" section. epicgenius (talk) 15:36, 28 February 2018 (UTC)
OK on both the above points; they do fit better there.  I'm still thinking about that section, but I'll strike these points. Mike Christie (talk - contribs -  library) 02:39, 2 March 2018 (UTC)
Throughout the construction phases of the project, all four stations in the original complex were rehabilitated: suggest "The project rehabilitated all four stations in the original complex".
Done.
My bad; we now have "...original complex.  Complex ramps..." which needs a tweak.  Perhaps "original structure"? Mike Christie (talk - contribs -  library) 02:42, 2 March 2018 (UTC)
The Fulton Center project involves three station rehabilitation projects: more present tense; should now be past.  Similarly there is "These entrances would allow" later.
Done.
There's some uncited material in the "IND transfer mezzanine" section.
Added a source. epicgenius (talk) 15:36, 28 February 2018 (UTC)
A white false wall separates the work area (transit center building) from the now-public passageways is put up in the Western Mezzanine: looks like an incompletely edited sentence, and was this a temporary false wall, or permanent?  If temporary it's not worth mentioning.
Removed.
The "Retail space" section is forward-looking as of 2011, from a 2014 source.  Can this be updated?
Done.
Some have suggested: best to avoid this sort of vague attribution.
It looks like this has been removed. epicgenius (talk) 15:36, 28 February 2018 (UTC)
The paragraph starting "On July 2012" is another example of excess detail that was probably useful in a past version of the article.  The RFP dates were interesting in late 2012; now they're unnecessary.  We can just say something like "In July 2012, the MTA requested proposals for a master lease for 65,000 square feet of retail and commercial space, including the Corbin Building and the Dey Street Passageway and headhouse."  The other problem here is that this should be followed by what happened, rather than just stopping with the RFP.  And the point about the reason for the name change to "Fulton Building" being given in the RFP was already made earlier in the article.
Done.
Similar comments apply to the "Corbin Building" section -- "are being preserved", "will be integrated".
Done. epicgenius (talk) 15:36, 28 February 2018 (UTC)
-- Mike Christie (talk - contribs -  library) 01:59, 28 February 2018 (UTC)


### Second pass
Most points have been fixed, including all the minor issues, so I think it's worth starting a new section.  Here's what I think is still an issue.

The "Components" section still talks about the rehabilitation as if that were the center.  I thought about suggesting that a Fulton Center reconstruction article be split from this, but although in some ways it would be beneficial I'm not sure there's enough information to require a split.  The underlying point is that this article is about the Center, and the reconstruction really should be kept to a subsection, and shouldn't be front and center when we describe the state of the complex today.  Imagine reading this in thirty years: you wouldn't expect to see "The major elements of the Fulton center include rehabilitation of...", would you?
I still think the "Planning and cutbacks" section needs work.  It's not so much that any specific piece of information is unnecessary; it's that the section consists of a long stream of consecutive scraps of information.  Is there any source we can use to place these bits of information into the overall narrative of the planning and funding troubles?  For example, if we could justify paragraphs starting like this, the reader would get a sense of the overall ebb and flow:
Initially the project appeared to be securely funded.  An environmental impact statement was released... Construction was set to begin... with funds thought to be secure because they came from...
Problems began in 2005, with a cutback...  Over the next three years, costs repeatedly increased, and delays in the planned completion accumulated ...
These issues came to a head in 2008, when the MTA announced...
The cutbacks also led to design changes and simplifications...
I'm (more or less) making this structure up, but I hope you can see what I'm getting it.  I think telling it this way would make it more readable. I suspect in your mind it already has this narrative, because you know the story well, but it's not easy for a new reader to pick the narrative out of the details. Mike Christie (talk - contribs -  library) 02:59, 2 March 2018 (UTC)
Well, now that you mention it, Fulton Center itself is actually both the renovation process and the completed project. The official website says On Sunday, November 9, 2014, the MTA unveiled the Fulton Center, located at the crossroads of Lower Manhattan on Broadway between John and Fulton Streets. and Prior to the Fulton Center project. I also reworded and smoothed out the "Planning and cutbacks" section, which I just wrote from scratch a few days ago, and I finished changing the tenses. epicgenius (talk) 23:04, 2 March 2018 (UTC)
The rewrite is definitely an improvement; just changing the lead-in sentences to the paragraphs really helps guide the reader.  I think this is ready to promote now.  The remaining use of the Tribeca Citizen is non-controversial so I'm not going to worry about it, but it would be good to replace if you ever find another source. Mike Christie (talk - contribs -  library) 13:53, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
OK, I'll look harder for a replacement for the Tribeca Citizen source. Thank you for the review; I really appreciate it. epicgenius (talk) 16:00, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

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