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MTA shatters Fulton Street dome plan

The complex that could have been like a downtown Grand Central Terminal just got a lot less grand.

The glass dome building set to gloriously top the Fulton Street Transit Center might be replaced with merely a street-level plaza because of booming construction costs, the MTA said Monday.

Running more than $400 million over budget, the long-awaited transit hub -- that a full side of...

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