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The $1.6 billion hall will serve as a waiting room for Amtrak and Long Island Rail Road passengers. | Erin Durkin/POLITICO
Moynihan Train Hall set to open in New York
NEW YORK Moynihan Train Hall, an annex to Manhattan s much-reviled Penn Station, will open to the public on New Year’s Day, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday as he cut a ribbon for the new facility.
The $1.6 billion hall, in the old James A. Farley Post Office Building across Eighth Avenue from the main station and Madison Square Garden, will serve as a waiting room for Amtrak and Long Island Rail Road passengers.
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Late Senator Moynihan s Daughter Carried on Vision of Reborn Penn Station By Dan Rivoli Manhattan UPDATED 10:35 AM ET Dec. 30, 2020 PUBLISHED 6:04 AM ET Dec. 30, 2020 PUBLISHED 6:04 AM EST Dec. 30, 2020
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NEW YORK - Dad always said the greatest single act of vandalism in the history of New York was the destruction of Penn Station in 1963, Maura Moynihan said. This is really a miracle.
What You Need To Know
The original Pennsylvania Station was demolished in 1963
In the 1990s, Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan wanted to make the Beaux-Arts styled James A. Farley Post Office the new home of Penn Station
The new Moynihan Train Hall is part of Gov. Cuomo s larger vision to renovate and expand Penn Station, calling it the Empire Station Complex
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