Governor Cuomo Unveils Plans for Penn Station's Massive Revamp
A new Penn Station is officially coming. Governor Andrew Cuomo unveiled plans for the forthcoming Pennsylvania Station-Farley Complex, along with announcing the developers and builders who will collaborate on the project. The plans call for a brand new, 255,000-square-foot train hall, which will accommodate both Amtrak and Long Island Rail Road passengers, that’s scheduled to be completed by the end of 2020.
27 September 2016
| Lacey Glave
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Curbed NY
Brace yourselves, New Yorkers: a new Penn Station is officially coming—for real this time. Governor Andrew Cuomo unveiled plans for the forthcoming Pennsylvania Station-Farley Complex, along with announcing the developers and builders who will collaborate on the project.
The plans call for a brand new, 255,000-square-foot train hall, which will accommodate both Amtrak and Long Island Rail Road passengers, that’s scheduled to be completed by the end of 2020. (Yes, you read that date right.)
his comes after Governor Cuomo announced an RFP for the revamped complex back in January, seeking partners to work with the Empire State Development Corporation, Amtrak, and the MTA to revitalize Penn Station—which the governor today called "the LaGuardia of train stations" (and we all know how much he loves that particular piece of transit infrastructure).
Unsurprisingly, the partnership is made up of some of the real estate business's biggest names: Related Companies, Vornado Realty, and Skanska. Those three companies will work together, using the designs proposed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, to bring the revamped Penn Station to life.
There are many other elements to the redesign: for example, the revamped Penn Station will get a tech-friendly upgrade, with free Wi-Fi, USB and laptop charging stations, and real-time train updates to be installed throughout the concourse.
The plans call for a brand new, 255,000-square-foot train hall, which will accommodate both Amtrak and Long Island Rail Road passengers, that’s scheduled to be completed by the end of 2020. (Yes, you read that date right.)
his comes after Governor Cuomo announced an RFP for the revamped complex back in January, seeking partners to work with the Empire State Development Corporation, Amtrak, and the MTA to revitalize Penn Station—which the governor today called "the LaGuardia of train stations" (and we all know how much he loves that particular piece of transit infrastructure).
Unsurprisingly, the partnership is made up of some of the real estate business's biggest names: Related Companies, Vornado Realty, and Skanska. Those three companies will work together, using the designs proposed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, to bring the revamped Penn Station to life.
There are many other elements to the redesign: for example, the revamped Penn Station will get a tech-friendly upgrade, with free Wi-Fi, USB and laptop charging stations, and real-time train updates to be installed throughout the concourse.
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