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sheshe2

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11. That is the ticket!

Reply to Phoenix61 (Reply #6)

Tue Mar 28, 2017, 06:50 PM

Mar 2017

All great ideas Phoenix, thanks. Sad that it would cost more to scrap them than make it an alternate living condition for the homeless. This could be huge.

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Architect Wants To Turn Old Subway Cars Into Housing For Homeless [View all] sheshe2 Mar 2017 OP

That's a great idea Phoenix61 Mar 2017 #1

From the article... sheshe2 Mar 2017 #4

I had no idea it would cost that much to scrap them Phoenix61 Mar 2017 #6

That is the ticket! sheshe2 Mar 2017 #11

That's 1.3 million, not billion, but regardless, this seem like a good and workable concept. Yo_Mama Mar 2017 #10

Edited...thank you. sheshe2 Mar 2017 #12

or student housing or senior housing dembotoz Mar 2017 #2

Why no railroad cars instead? HoneyBadger Mar 2017 #3

Look up the McDonad's in Barstow, CA, made of RR dining cars and caboose pinboy3niner Mar 2017 #23

To create JOBS and help those in need turbinetree Mar 2017 #5

Yep! sheshe2 Mar 2017 #13

Only someone thinking in a progressive forward thinking manner would come up with that turbinetree Mar 2017 #15

Bless his heart he is 81 years old! sheshe2 Mar 2017 #16

Wado-------------Thank you turbinetree Mar 2017 #17

Great idea. Something that really matters. Metsie Casey Mar 2017 #7

Brilliant! mcar Mar 2017 #8

This is a wonderful idea! ProudLib72 Mar 2017 #9

i want one for a greenhouse. mopinko Mar 2017 #14

I know there are empty shopping malls from the '80's boom that need re-purposing. lindysalsagal Mar 2017 #18

Another great idea. sheshe2 Mar 2017 #19

As a transportation planner, I can say this is an idiotic idea... brooklynite Mar 2017 #20

Thank you so much for you support... sheshe2 Mar 2017 #21

Perhaps, but the city will already have to pay to dispose them TexasBushwhacker Mar 2017 #22

Well, we strip the mechanicals out of ours and drop them in the ocean... brooklynite Mar 2017 #24

Yup, add more garbage to the ocean. That's the ticket. shraby Mar 2017 #25

caves, caves are what we need to retrofit snooper2 Mar 2017 #26

For some environmental reason, NY will not use them to build artificial reefs HoneyBadger Mar 2017 #27