The Transit Hub That Shapes America’s First Impression Is Getting A Reboot

The Transit Hub That Shapes America’s First Impression Is Getting A Reboot

The Trump administration, in partnership with Amtrak, unveiled a plan earlier this week to renovate the world-renowned Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan.  Penn Station, located in Trump’s hometown of New York City, is the busiest transportation center in the Western Hemisphere. It takes in roughly 600,000 commuters every workday, which is more than the amount of daily traffic at John F. Kennedy, LaGuardia, and Newark Liberty airports combined, a…

A New Penn Station We Won’t Dread Walking Into?

PTT’s plan features a design by PAU and HOK that references the original beaux-arts station – unceremoniously demolished in the 1960s – and retains Madison Square Garden (MSG) on the site. – Dezeen

Designs Unveiled for New York City's Penn Station by PAU and HNTB-HOK

Aerial View, After. Image © PAU The Practice for Architecture and Urbanism (PAU), in collaboration with HNTB and HOK, has been selected as the design team for the redevelopment of New York City's Penn Station. The project is part of an ongoing effort to reorganize and expand one of the busiest rail transportation hubs in North America, aiming to improve passenger circulation, increase capacity, and upgrade the station's existing infrastructure. …

New York's Busiest Train Station To Get $8 Billion Remodel With Columns, Sunlight And Trump's Name

This artistic rendering provided by Heller Inc. shows a dramatically redesigned Pennsylvania Station in New York City.(Heller Inc. via AP) The old Penn Station in New York is shown in this June 3, 1955 wide-angle photo.(John Lent / AP Photo) Structural steel that will become the new Madison Square Garden is constructed on the location of the demolished, historic Penn Station in New York City, Aug. 29, 1966.(Anthony Camerano / AP Photo) By Philip…

USDOT, Amtrak, PTP Unveil Design for PSNY Overhaul

The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), along with the Amtrak Board and Penn Transformation Partners (PTP)—a joint venture led by Halmar and Skanska—on June 8 unveiled the design renderings for the redevelopment of New York Penn Station. The post USDOT, Amtrak, PTP Unveil Design for PSNY Overhaul appeared first on Railway Age.