Penn Station

Madison Square Garden Told to Find a New Home

The long quest to transform Penn Station got a major boost yesterday when the New York City Council voted to renew Madison Square Garden's lease for just 10 years. The Garden's owners had sought an unlimited extension.

July 25, 2013 - WNYC: Transportation Nation

Civic Groups Win Decisive Battle in Effort to Rebuild NYC's Penn Station

With two City Council committee votes this week, civic groups and New York's most prominent architecture critic appear to have won their very public battle to ultimately boot Madison Square Garden from atop Penn Station, reports Matt Chaban.

June 27, 2013 - Crain's New York Business

Four Visions for a Majestic Penn Station

Although ideas for a suitably grand station to replace the deplorable gateway that now exists at Penn Station have been kicking around for decades, the Municipal Arts Society (MAS) has sought to reinvigorate the discussion with a visioning challenge.

May 29, 2013 - WNYC: Transportation Nation

Heavyweight Fight Brewing Over Future of Madison Square Garden

The "World's Most Famous Arena" has seen many title fights in its day. But a looming decision about the renewal of the venue's special permit, and the future of Penn Station, has New York's political and real estate heavyweights entering the ring.

April 9, 2013 - Crain's New York Business

A Contrarian View on New York's Penn Station

When it comes to New York's two rail stations, there's the iconic Grand Central Terminal that just celebrated its centennial, and then there's Penn Station - which all mourn because the original was razed in 1963 - except the NY Post's Bob McManus.

April 2, 2013 - New York Post

Madison Square Garden and Penn Station In Need of a Divorce

The owners of Madison Square Garden are asking NYC "to renew — in perpetuity — the special permit that allows them to operate an arena atop Penn Station, the country’s busiest transit hub." Michael Kimmelman urges the city to deny their request.

February 14, 2013 - The New York Times

For DC and NY, Efforts to Improve Rail Stations Take Opposite Tracks

While the decades long effort to augment and improve New York's atrocious Penn Station have stalled, D.C. is moving ahead with plans to expand Union Station and redevelop the land above its tracks. Fred A. Bernstein looks at the two projects.

September 18, 2012 - Architectural Record

Once Centers of Civic Pride, Transit Hubs Become Destinations Again

When the railroad was the primary means of interstate travel, America's cities relied on their train stations to provide grand first impressions to travelers. As transit ridership soars, a bevy of new stations are being designed as civic centerpieces

July 18, 2012 - Salon

A New (Old) Vision For Penn Station

Michael Kimmelman, newish architecture critic for The New York Times, adds his two cents to the decades old discussion of how to improve Penn Station. His solution starts with moving Madison Square Garden.

February 9, 2012 - The New York Times

A Bygone Bus Terminal in Midtown

Christopher Grey remembers the Greyhound Bus Station that used to be located in New York's Midtown. Demolished and forgotten, it never provoked the outrage that arose over the destruction of Penn Station.

November 9, 2011 - The New York Times

Skyscraper Blight?

James M. Russell calls a proposed office tower to be built across from the new Penn Station "2.83 million square feet of blight." What makes a skyscraper blight?

November 9, 2010 - Bloomberg News

Hello Moynihan Station - Goodbye Penn

It's the busiest rail station in America - the first step of its transformation that returns some of its former grandeur began Oct. 18 at a groundbreaking that included DOT Secretary Ray LaHood. Penn Station will be renamed Moynihan Station.

October 19, 2010 - Crain's N.Y. Business - Real Estate

New York's Best Peforming Trains

The Times chose to investigate claims by transit agencies of high, on-time performance of LIRR, Metro-North, and NJ Transit by doing their own analysis and found major discrepancies. The article also indicates the infrastructure problems responsible.

July 29, 2010 - The New York Times - N.Y. / Region

Touring Midtown Megaprojects with Bob Yaro

Bob Yaro of the Regional Plan Association walks around Midtown Manhattan, reflecting on the effect megaprojects like the modern Penn Station and Javits Center have had on the city.

June 25, 2009 - Urban Omnibus

Transit's Big Dig Begins In Jersey

New Jersey Transit has broken ground on what may be the nation's most costly transit project: a commuter rail tunnel under the Hudson River to a new Penn Station Expansion that, to the chagrin of transit advocates, will not connect to Penn Station.

June 15, 2009 - The New York Times - N.Y. / Region

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