Hudson Yards planning discussed

The MTA-owned Hudson Yards will go on auction next month, and some of the city’s biggest private developers will vie for a chance to develop the 26-acre site, which the Bloomberg administration foresees transforming into part of Manhattan’s third business district. “The city hasn’t done anything like this before, certainly not in Midtown,” said Daniel L. Doctoroff, deputy mayor for economic development and rebuilding. “We want to create a 21st century Rockefeller Center.” Developers say it will cost $1 billion just to build platforms over the long-unused rail yards in order to then construct towers on the site. more [NYT]