The Empire State Development Corp has picked Related Companies and Vornado Realty Trust to turn the blocklong James A. Farley Post Office on 8th Avenue into the grand Moynihan Station, named after Daniel Patrick Moynihan, the senator who was its champion until his death in 2003. It is unclear what remains of David Childs' 1999 design for a soaring, asymmetrical glass and steel canopy that would funnel light into a great entry hall. The government official, who has seen the new plans, said that Childs/SOMs design had been "modified." NYTimes
UPDATED: see inside for more
..."Modified" is right. The sweep is gone and in it's place is a roof (by James Carpenter Design) that seems to evoke the scrapped Norman Foster project in Washington DC. Curbed has the goods.
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SOM design images and info >> www.moynihanstation.org
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