Quote Originally Posted by royce View Post
GM and the city have a golden opportunity to build some underground parking on all of those surface parking lots before any buildings go up. That would alleviate much of the need for surface parking lots in that area.
Just a question on that. I'm not an engineer, so I don'y know the feasibility of it, but would underground parking structures that close to the river require a more robust design due to water issues? I'm thinking of the so called "bathtub" that they built around the World Trade Center to prevent excessive water seeping in from the river. Does the proximity of those lots to the river make it cost preventative to build down rather than up? Anyone have insight on that?