Construction cranes dot skyline at Hudson Yards

New York

CONSTRUCTION cranes are swinging across the skyline on the once industrial Far West Side of Manhattan where hundreds of workers are erecting four office towers, a hotel, a large mall and at least a half-dozen residential buildings.

The long anticipated redevelopment of the Hudson Yards district - roughly west of Eighth Avenue, between 30th and 42nd Streets - is suddenly rumbling along in high gear.