Posted Jun 28, 2024, 12:37 AM
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https://www.cityandstateny.com/opini...tation/397597/
Opinion: A tiny plaza adds life outside the entrance to Penn Station
The centerpiece of a $65 million streetscape project proved to be a hit with New Yorkers before even opening.
By RALPH R. ORTEGA
JUNE 24, 2024
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Vornado Realty Trust, the developer holding off building several tall buildings that would have helped fund the redevelopment of Penn Station, is now focusing on the streets around the transit hub. Vornado is unveiling the “centerpiece” of a $65 million project to make the streetscape around Penn “safer, greener, more accessible and more pedestrian-friendly,” according to a press release. What Vornado is referring to is Plaza33 outside the station’s East End Gateway on 33rd Street, most recognizable by its glass canopy leading into the Long Island Rail Road concourse.
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The small promenade, developed in partnership with the New York City Department of Transportation, has trees, circular stone benches, folding chairs, tables and landscaping. Sedi Donka, a self-described Eastern European, Balkan and Gypsy band, was already performing at the plaza on June 21. Despite a heat wave, nearly every seat was filled. It appeared this little plaza had the potential to win over New Yorkers.
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Vornado could potentially get a larger plaza on 32nd Street. We know the state plan is to make the streets around Penn Station more pedestrian oriented.
The potential 32nd Street plaza was shown in the renderings.
As compared to the state plan with a shared street approach...
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