Penn Station

NorthJersey.com - Wed July 05, 2023

Gov. Hochul Tells Architects to Proceed With Designs for NYC's Penn Station Rebuild

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul in late June announced revisions to the state's approach to rebuilding New York City's Penn Station, the busiest transportation hub in North America. The reconstruction effort has long been regarded by many of the top architects and engineers in the country as a prestigious design project — one that any firm would be lucky to land, noted NorthJersey.com....

The City - Mon April 05, 2021

Cuomo Pushes Skyline-Altering Penn Station Real Estate Plan

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is trying to push through a city-changing land deal that would reshape Manhattan's skyline. And the project's detractors, until very recently, were few and relatively silent....

Wed April 11, 2018

Amtrak Continues Work on Penn Station for Second Summer

Amtrak will continue its Infrastructure Renewal program at New York Penn Station during Summer 2018 by performing critical reconstruction of three major railroad infrastructure assets in New York City: The Empire Tunnel and the Spuyten Duyvil Bridge, which provides train access between Upstate New York and New York Penn Station, as well as renewal work on Track 19 in New York Penn Station, which will help provide commuters with more reliable service....

Emily Buenzle - Fri August 18, 2017

Construction Begins on Moynihan Train Hall at Penn-Farley Complex

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Aug. 16 that the process has officially begun to transform the James A. Farley Post Office building, located across the street from Penn Station, into the new Moynihan Train Hall, Curbed reported....

Fri May 26, 2017

Amtrak Announces New York Penn Station Improvements

Amtrak President and CEO Wick Moorman announced a series of initiatives to strengthen railroad infrastructure and improve operations and preparedness at New York Penn Station, the nation's busiest rail station and transportation facility....

David W. Dunlap - Wed November 30, 2016

Skyscraper Teeters on a Pedestal

In the city within a city rising west of Pennsylvania Station are many astonishing sights. The most astonishing — for the moment, anyway — is a mammoth steel structure, as long as a city block, that seems to float 51½ feet over the ground at Ninth Avenue and 33rd Street....

Thu October 20, 2016

Gov. Cuomo Announces New $1.595B Moynihan Train Hall

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo unveiled sweeping plans for the complete transformation of the historic James A. Farley Post Office into a world-class transportation hub. At the Association for a Better New York, Cuomo announced the selection of a developer-builder team including three companies, Related Companies, Vornado Realty LP and Skanska AB to redevelop the Farley Building, creating a new 255,000 sq....