The route the Parsons Brinckerhoff study examined would largely follow the path that was to have been followed by the ARC tunnels, from Secaucus, through the Palisades, deep beneath the Hudson River and into Midtown, where it would connect with the future endpoint of the existing No. 7 subway, just below 34th Street.

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Still unsure of a career path, in 1990 he enrolled in Montreal's Concordia University to study geology.

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