There's something striking about the command center of America's largest private real estate development, Hudson Yards, in that it's actually pretty boring. The room-technically known as the Energy Control Center, or ECC for short-contains two long desks crammed with desktop computers, a few TV monitors plastered to the wall, and a corkboard lined with employee badges. The ceiling is paneled; the lighting, fluorescent. However, New York's Hudson Yards was once billed as the country's first "quantified community": A network of sensors would collect data on air quality, noise levels, temperature, and pedestrian traffic. This would create a feedback loop for the developers, helping them monitor and improve quality of life. So where is the NASA-like mission control? Data collection and advanced infrastructure will still drive parts of Hudson Yards' operations, but not (yet) as first advertised.
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