The only thing everyone seems to know for certain is that nothing meaningful ever really happens to improve North America’s busiest and most miserable train hub, despite decades of demands and promises. Hope has long gone to die on the 6:50 to Secaucus.
But now may actually be different.
— The New York Times
Kimmelman complimented the new PAU/HOK/ASTM North America P3 plan as “the disruption needed to get Albany moving", and one that “lets daylight, dignity and circulatory logic replace the rat’s maze beneath Madison Square Garden.”
“ASTM’s architecture at this early stage is a little stiff and self-serious but it clearly conveys the all-important point that a gateway worthy of New York, and of the millions of working people who rely on it, needs to offer more than high ceilings, clear signage and hot bagels. It needs to be a source of public pride," he added.
Juxtaposed to this is the more bland but Albany-backed MTA plan (with drawings from FXCollaborative) whose full details won’t be unveiled until next year. The West Side native says the scheme presents a vexing problem over the involvement of Madison Square Garden, which he predicts would lead to crippling lawsuits if the MTA's adversarial position remains unchanged.
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from the Times piece
This won't make everyone happy, but it certainly is an upgrade, for Penn Stn and MSG. Compare with the existing facade. I can't see any solution that isn't a compromise of some sort, unless MSG is razed and relocated and they start from scratch. I'll take it over the SOM Moynihan Train Hall, across the way, but since it's there, this doesn't fit badly, rather complements.
Speaking of SOM, did this proposal get any attention back in 2013? I'm kind of intrigued. https://www.som.com/news/som-reveals-vision-for-new-penn-station/
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