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Manhattan: Dan Biederman’s column misses the mark on what has been wrong and missing at Penn Station (“Keep up momentum to fix Penn Station and its environs,” April 9). What is wrong is that we are still living with the decision made in the late 1950s to raze the original Penn Station and its triumphant public spaces and to later replace them with a subterranean transit hub in the basement of Madison Square Garden and 2 Penn Plaza.

February 19, 2021 "Penn Stations Half Century" part of the new Moynihan Train Hall in Penn Station. Photography courtesy of Public Art Fund. As of January 2021, Moynihan Train Hall, located in New York Citys Penn Station, is complete and ready to accommodate New Yorkers. This ambitious project comes with a revival of classic architecture alongside a helping of modern art, which General Glass International, GGI, brought to life with its Alice direct-to-glass printing process. Bringing Art t...

It’s a problem that Waterfront Station is privately owned. Why it should belong to us. Michael Alexander is the retired founding director of SFU City Conversations, and a member of the Downtown Waterfront Working Group. SHARES Vancouver’s historic Waterfront Station, built in 1914, serves as a lovely public entry and meeting hall. Will it be stuck with the Ice Pick’? Photo by Michael Alexander. This month, New York City got an expensive lesson about why public...

Production still from the "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 8 episode, "Vancouver," 2016. © Art21, Inc. 2016. At the onset of the new year, one of New York City’s most maligned public transportation hubs—Penn Station—got a major upgrade. Completed at the end of 2020, the new Moynihan Train Hall has opened with an array of site-specific art commissions that honor the building’s past, and are helping to shape its future. Alongside works by Kehinde Wiley and Elmgren & Dragset, th...

NorthJersey.com New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo did not hold back in his grandiose unveiling of his vision for a $306 billion statewide infrastructure plan during his State of the State address Thursday, invoking Shakespeare, Mark Twain and former state Govs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt and DeWitt Clinton of New Deal and Erie Canal fame, respectively. But he did hold back details, opting instead to broadly reiterate in his fourth State of the State speech this week that New York will climb out of th...

NorthJersey.com New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo did not hold back in his grandiose unveiling of his vision for a $306 billion statewide infrastructure plan during his State of the State address Thursday, invoking Shakespeare, Mark Twain and former state Govs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt and DeWitt Clinton of New Deal and Erie Canal fame, respectively. But he did hold back details, opting instead to broadly reiterate in his fourth State of the State speech this week that New York will climb out of th...

92-foot skylight, acre of glass: The new expansion of Penn Station in photos Updated Jan 13, 2021; STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.— New Year’s Day marked the official opening of New York’s newest architectural masterpiece, the Moynihan Train Hall. The 255,000-square-foot facility boasts a 92-foot-high skylight made with approximately an acre of glass, according to an announcement by the Office of Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Moynihan Train Hall, which is located in the James A. Farley Post Office Building, is...

Traveling Through New Yorks Penn Station Just Got a Lot More Glamorous Jessica Puckett © Lucas Blair Simpson / Courtesy SOM Train travelers can expect to see a little more sophistication in 2021, thanks to a modern new train hall that has opened its doors across the street from New Yorks Penn Station. The Daniel Patrick Moynihan Train Hall, a huge new addition to New York Penn Station with sweeping ceilings, slick marble floors, and old-school touches like arched windows, offi...

Metropolis Moynihan Train Hall Is a New Year’s Gift to New York City An adaptive reuse project 27 years in the making, the SOM-designed extension is a striking contrast to Penn Station, setting the tone for future transit updates. Once the mail sorting room of the 1912 James A. Farley Post Office Building, this vaulted space is now the central highlight of Moynihan Train Hall, which opened at the end of 2020 as a much-needed extension to New York’s Penn Station. Photo by Lucas Blais Simpso...

"This significant project transformed a century-old building into a modern gateway that expands Penn Station and significantly enhances the traveler experience,"  said Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul. "The Moynihan Train Hall stands as a beacon of progress in memory of the late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, who I was proud to work for and who helped lead our country forward. This world-class development is a testament to our commitment to build back better, improve our infrastructure and ...