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Originally Posted by Crawford
Knock that crap down, and build the planned supertalls, God dammit. And let's get a proper entrance to Penn.
Dolans need to move their dump.
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Originally Posted by Busy Bee
Forget "a proper entrance to Penn" ... This is an alpha city of the highest order, some may say even the greatest city in the world. What we need is a new Penn Station of the highest, most impressive caliber for the 21st century. Anything less should be unacceptable.
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Agreed. It needs to go, and 2 Penn along with it. The problem is, its still not clear what Cuomo has in store for the area. This press conference was basically just a rehash of something he had already announed. It's just a small part of the overall redevelopment. Don't get me wrong, the new entrance is welcome and needed, but its small potatoes. Where's the meat in this plan? We're hungry, and we want it now.
As far as MSG goes, they've been too comfortable. The ball was dropped when there was a plan to move the Garden into the Farley Building. They should have been told then, that would be their only option. Of course, the City doesn't want the Garden to move (out), and take the many shows and events held there on an almost daily basis with it. I could conceive of a plan where the current Garden were torn down, replaced with a new Garden and towers on top (something similar to the old Atlantic Yards) with a rebuilt Penn Station underneath. Everyone would be happy. That would take a PLAN and the willpower eveyone seems to lack. As time has been running out, the City should have been on the Dolan's about any potential plans for a new Garden.