NEW YORK CITY — The execs at Subway have taken company expansion to new heights with the opening of a location nestled atop the construction site of 1 World Trade Center.
The location, which sits on a crane, feeds the construction workers at the Freedom Tower, a skyscraper currently taking shape at Ground Zero. Franchisee Richard Schragger’s store will rise with the building, which is expected to be 108 stories high.
The shop, built by DCM Erectors, is one of four movable “pods” on hydraulic legs sitting on either side of two tower cranes, The New York Times reports. The restaurant serves the usual Subway thoroughfare, but Schragger is considering offering lasagna, burgers, hotdogs and pretzels to make the store unique and offer construction workers variety.
“The days of eating on top of a steel beam are long gone,” Bill Grutta, a DCM vice-president, told the Times.
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