{"id":520512,"date":"2022-12-03T17:43:52","date_gmt":"2022-12-03T14:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/this-new-penn-station-vision-is-what-nyc-dreams-are-made-of\/"},"modified":"2022-12-03T17:43:52","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T14:43:52","slug":"this-new-penn-station-vision-is-what-nyc-dreams-are-made-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-new-penn-station-vision-is-what-nyc-dreams-are-made-of\/","title":{"rendered":"#This new Penn Station vision is what NYC dreams are made of"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a245a42dd1b9\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a245a42dd1b9\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-new-penn-station-vision-is-what-nyc-dreams-are-made-of\/#%E2%80%9CThis_new_Penn_Station_vision_is_what_NYC_dreams_are_made_of%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;This new Penn Station vision is what NYC dreams are made of&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CThis_new_Penn_Station_vision_is_what_NYC_dreams_are_made_of%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;This new Penn Station vision is what NYC dreams are made of&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/steve-cuozzo.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Steve Cuozzo\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/steve-cuozzo.png 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/steve-cuozzo.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>One month ago, I wrote a column praising London and its leaders for the blue-sky thinking that led to the historic preservation of the beautiful new Battersea Power Station. Once a derelict industrial plant, it is now a multipurpose miracle of shops, parks and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le\u2019s European headquarters, all breathing fresh life into the city.<\/p>\n<p>I also lamented that, when it comes to dreaming big, New York City has run out of steam. We can\u2019t even finish rebuilding the World Trade Center, let alone transform a decayed, machine-age structure into a gleaming modern gem for vibrant public use.<\/p>\n<p>Not long after, I heard from Brooklyn-based architect Alexandros Washburn, a passionate lover of the city who was Mayor Michael Bloomberg\u2019s head of design. He\u2019s long advocated for \u201crebuilding Penn Station as the magnificent cathedral it was,\u201d as he wrote in <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsday.com\/opinion\/commentary\/penn-station-lirr-mta-m43386\">a 2021 essay<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Washburn told me he has a Big New York Idea. He has even drawn up the plans. They are so inspiring I wanted to share them with you, here in these pages.<\/p>\n<p>The building is Penn Station. Even with construction work going on now to improve it, the transit hub remains a subterranean horror show. The endless, ongoing, inch-by-inch\u00a0\u201ctransformation\u201d of entrances and corridors has only made the underground maze harder to navigate than before.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"909\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/rendering-grand-penn.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Under architect Washburn\u2019s Penn Station plan, MSG would move out of the complex and be replaced by a classic building with a central towering atrium that inspires awe instead of horror.\" class=\"wp-image-24862932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/rendering-grand-penn.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/rendering-grand-penn.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Under architect Washburn\u2019s Penn Station plan, MSG would move out of the complex and be replaced by a classic building with a central towering atrium that inspires awe instead of horror.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">The 21st Century Unlimited<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Right now, our government\u2019s plan for a \u201cNew Penn Station,\u201d if Gov. Hochul gets her way, is to tear down the surrounding neighborhood, destroying hundreds of people\u2019s homes by eminent domain and constructing giant new office skyscrapers in their place. It\u2019s a terrible, corrupt $22 billion scheme nobody wants \u2014 unless you\u2019re one of the governor\u2019s wealthy real-estate donors.<\/p>\n<p>Washburn\u2019s idea comes from a different planet. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"614\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/proposed-park.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"This street-level green space between Seventh and Eighth avenues would provide a needed breath of fresh air for the nabe. \" class=\"wp-image-24862945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/proposed-park.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/proposed-park.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>This street-level green space between Seventh and Eighth avenues would provide a needed breath of fresh air for the nabe. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">The 21st Century Unlimited<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/future-penn-station.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"A vaulted, glass-enclosed main concourse in the new Penn evokes the original McKim, Mead &amp; White architectural style.\" class=\"wp-image-24862958\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/future-penn-station.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/future-penn-station.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A vaulted, glass-enclosed main concourse in the new Penn evokes the original McKim, Mead &amp; White architectural style.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">The 21st Century Unlimited<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>His dream is to reflect the style and spirit of the original, beloved McKim, Mead &amp; White masterpiece opened in 1910 that was unconscionably demolished in 1964. More than a much better station, his plan opens up optimistic possibilities for the mostly charmless West 30s between Seventh and Ninth avenues.<\/p>\n<p>The original station\u2019s colossal Concourse would be reconstructed in an airier form, as much as today\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> allows. It puts the public \u2014 not real-estate companies \u2014 first, with an open-to-all,\u00a0street-level lawn as large as Bryant Park and an exciting array of community amenities. It puts the station, the nation\u2019s busiest with 600,000 daily users, ahead of speculative real estate development for which there is little or no demand.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/proposed-exterior.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"The new building would sit on the site of what\u2019s now Madison Square Garden, whose lease comes to an end this coming June.\" class=\"wp-image-24862970\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/proposed-exterior.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/proposed-exterior.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/proposed-exterior.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/proposed-exterior.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The new building would sit on the site of what\u2019s now Madison Square Garden, whose lease comes to an end this coming June.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of 21st Century Unlimited<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Here are just some of the highlights:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The monumental, main indoor public space will be above ground and sunlit \u2014\u00a0a spirits-lifting portal for riders of Amtrak, the LIRR, MTA subways and New Jersey Transit. This <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>le-vaulted, glass-and-steel train hall, inspired by the old Concourse, would rise between Seventh and Eighth avenues on the site of what\u2019s now the Two Penn office building.\u00a0(A 1960s warhorse that landlord Vornado Realty Trust has prettied up with a new facade and other upgrades.)<\/li>\n<li>Two Penn would be demolished, and its office floors relocated to new office towers built to the site\u2019s north. Removing the tower makes way for construction of a new, block-long Seventh Avenue facade of granite or marble to replicate the original facade.<\/li>\n<li>A street-level,\u00a0green\u00a0public park will\u00a0bloom\u00a0where Madison Square Garden currently stands. Classical pavilions acknowledge the original station, which was modeled on ancient Roman baths. Park-goers and station-users below can glimpse each other through ground-level skylights.<\/li>\n<li>Madison Square Garden would move elsewhere. (It\u2019s moved twice before, so there is precedent.) The Garden\u2019s license with the city is up in June 2023. The Dolans, who own the arena, have shown no enthusiasm to relocate their eyesore.\u00a0But it\u2019s the only hope for a truly new Penn Station.\u00a0Hudson Yards, which is only half-built, might be just the place for it. The Yards\u2019 developer, Related Companies boss Stephen M. Ross, has tried to woo the Dolans to join the complex.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/overview-current-station.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"The fate of the surrounding neighborhood \u2014 and homes belonging to hundreds of New Yorkers \u2014 near Penn and the Garden remains up in the air, as Gov. Hochul has proposed a $22 billion tear-down project to make way for new office high-rise buildings.\" class=\"wp-image-24862978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/overview-current-station.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/overview-current-station.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/overview-current-station.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/overview-current-station.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The fate of the surrounding neighborhood \u2014 and homes belonging to hundreds of New Yorkers \u2014 near Penn and the Garden remains up in the air, as Gov. Hochul has proposed a $22 billion tear-down project to make way for new office high-rise buildings.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Alamy<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/current-interior-penn.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Renovations continue inside Penn, which remains a labyrinthine underground odyssey to traverse for Big Apple travelers and out-of-towners alike. \" class=\"wp-image-24862982\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/current-interior-penn.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/current-interior-penn.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/current-interior-penn.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/current-interior-penn.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Renovations continue inside Penn, which remains a labyrinthine underground odyssey to traverse for Big Apple travelers and out-of-towners alike. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">ZUMAPRESS.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Garden, of course, is the largest impediment to Washburn\u2019s proposal. But budging the Dolans might not be as impossible as many believe. They were at least <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/05\/23\/opinion\/23wed3.html\">open to relocating the Garden<\/a> to the Farley Building to the west as part of an area redesign plan backed by former Gov. Eliot Spitzer in 2007 \u2014 until his hooker scandal, and subsequent resignation, doomed the idea.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now, with so much at stake for New York City, it\u2019s time for our pols and planners to roll up their sleeves, forget the distractions, and embrace the dream.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/msg-exterior.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"The current Penn Station and Madison Square Garden stand on the Midtown footprint of the original transit hub, a beloved, sunlit Beaux Arts masterpiece torn down despite outcry in 1964.\" class=\"wp-image-24862990\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/msg-exterior.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/msg-exterior.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/msg-exterior.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/msg-exterior.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The current Penn Station and Madison Square Garden stand on the Midtown footprint of the original transit hub, a beloved, sunlit Beaux Arts masterpiece torn down despite outcry in 1964.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Robert Miller<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/two-penn-building.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Washburn proposes that Two Penn (above) be demolished, and its office floors relocated to new office towers built to the site\u2019s north. \" class=\"wp-image-24862992\" width=\"618\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/two-penn-building.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1231 1236w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/two-penn-building.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=923 927w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/two-penn-building.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=616 618w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/two-penn-building.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=308 309w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/two-penn-building.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\"\/><figcaption>Washburn proposes that Two Penn (above) be demolished, and its office floors relocated to new office towers built to the site\u2019s north. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Cutting through this Gordian knot of complexities requires unprecedented cooperation among city agencies, the mayor, the City Council, the Dolan family, Amtrak (which owns the station), the MTA, and, yes, Vornado, the very same developers that Hochul\u2019s boondoggle would favor.<\/p>\n<p>It needs Hochul and the Empire State Development agency to back off their insane\u00a0plan that would override city zoning and demolish scores of sound buildings and businesses based on fraudulent claims that the area is \u201cblighted\u201d \u2014 all to make way for eight new office skyscrapers at a time of record office vacancies.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/future-atrium.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"If Washburn\u2019s plan is realized, riders could gaze through the station\u2019s atrium across a park and see Moynihan Station in the distance.\" class=\"wp-image-24862998\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/future-atrium.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/future-atrium.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/future-atrium.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/future-atrium.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>If Washburn\u2019s plan is realized, riders could gaze through the station\u2019s atrium across a park and see Moynihan Station in the distance.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of 21st Century Unlimited<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sure, Washburn\u2019s proposal might seem too fanciful, too complicated, to realize. But he argues that both Bryant Park and the all-new High Line prove that civic miracles are still possible when public and\u00a0private interests join forces for the common good. And he has proposed a timeline that could get it all done by 2029.<\/p>\n<p>The original Penn Station retains\u00a0a mythic hold on the memories of everyone who knew her.\u00a0Departing passengers knew a great land lay beyond the Hudson River, and her heroic scale and majesty told arriving riders they were entering the greatest city in the world.<\/p>\n<p>I never got over my childhood awe when I stepped off the LIRR to my first sight of the Concourse and Penn Station\u2019s equally mammoth Waiting Room \u2014 both vast enough, as Thomas Wolfe wrote in \u201cYou Can\u2019t Go Home Again,\u201d to \u201chold\u00a0the sound of time.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s bring that awe back to New York. 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