NEW YORK | Penn Station / MSG Renovation

[BiggieSmalls]

im not sure that the platforms is the issue but the area above where the waiting areas adn corridors are..

most commuters and travelers spend very little time on the platforms themselves. when the train is called you proceed to the track and board your train.. you spend all your time in teh waiting areas and moving between LIRR/Amtrak and NJT and the subway..

i think there are significant opportunities to expand the crowd areas via a shed on the north side between the two Penn Plazas and where the MSG theater now resides.

i like this compromise to keep MSG where it is and blow out the Theater at MSG which is somewhat of an eyesore across from the post office.

Move the AMTRACK crowd to the post office.. along with most of the locker rooms and staffing infrastructure and open the old AMTRAK waiting area up tp the north. would take some creative discussions with KMART across the street but something could be developed. plenty of room for NJT/LIRR and Metro North