What are you most looking forward to in 2026?

New York
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Reprising this question, some past years:

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a mayor who’s not a crook

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Construction Start

175 Park Ave.

350 Park Ave.

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More Supertalls projects

ABC-Site

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I’ll answer my own question by saying seeing the mighty PENN15 rise! That area btwn herald sq and penn station in the 30s is going to be a lot different in 5 yrs.

https://newyorkyimby.com/2024/06/updated-renderings-revealed-for-foster-partners-penn15-supertall-proposal-in-midtown-manhattan.html

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The Portal Bridge opening and the arrival of the Palisades TBMs with subsequent tunneling work beginning. These two milestones are both huge in the important restoration and upgrade of the region’s passenger rail network.

JFK T1 and T6 opening are in a close second.

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better transit reliability and hopefully confirmed through running plans for penn station :grin:

also more green space and streetscape upgrades to have a more attractive city

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I’m not expecting it or looking forward to it, but we are due for what Tolkien dubbed eucatastrophe.

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We may be also in looking at another world changing event: and I hope this will not be ‘catastrophe’ - but more an ‘opportunity’. :face_with_monocle:

I am looking forward to the “reinventing construction”. It has been eight years since the McKinsey Global Institute did this in-depth study on the current status of the Construction Industry: the report has now taken on new relevance in the wake of the emergence of AI in the AEC industry.

We are at a pivotal moment in the inevitable ‘disruption’ of the way our built environment is created: AI is now hastening that disruption and I (and many) see this as a change for the greater good.

This is something we ALL have to look forward to - you can start by doing a general reading of “Reinventing Construction: A route to higher productivity". Happy New Year.

https://www.mckinsey.com/~/media/mckinsey/business%20functions/operations/our%20insights/reinventing%20construction%20through%20a%20productivity%20revolution/mgi-reinventing-construction-a-route-to-higher-productivity-full-report.pdf

BTW. Here is a link to my current reading list on the subject. -

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Looking forward to the Ozempic pill!

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The start of Bayfront where we are actually seeing progress.

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NJ Transit proving to be an international embarrassment during the World Cup.

Grab the popcorn!

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Buffalo Bills will start playing in their new stadium in fall 2026

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