Regardless of whether Grand Penn or ASTM is selected, I hope that we get something like this, whether it’s on a new building or covering the tumor, MSG.
“Office buildings are our factories – whether for tech, creative or traditional industries we must continue to grow our modern factories to create new jobs,” said United States Senator Chuck Schumer.
Neoclassicism is dead. Looking to Trump's love letter to himself for inspiration is laughable. We need to build structures that look forward and speak for the current populace, rather than trying to recreate and cater to a past that never existed.
It's entirely possible that we will be short-sighted and miss the opportunity of a lifetime to fix the worst train station, but it's beyond cavil that the deadly tumor afflicting Penn should be removed by moving the oldest and worst NBA/NHL arena in sports.
Neoclassicism is dead. Looking to Trump's love letter to himself for inspiration is laughable. We need to build structures that look forward and speak for the current populace, rather than trying to recreate and cater to a past that never existed.
It's not, as evidenced by Robert Stern and many others.
Certain styles favor certain uses. Right now, especially in New York, neoclassical is chic for high-end residential. You could probably even make an argument that, for historic purposes, neoclassical judicial buildings could also be justified. There is nothing appealing, nor appropriate, about shoehorning a neoclassical form onto a modern 21st century transportation complex no matter how nostalgic people are over the Penn Station we lost.
Regardless of whether the new Penn is Neoclassical, Art Deco, or ultra modern, the deadly tumor, MSG, should be removed. It’s entirely possible that it won’t be, thereby sealing Penn’s lugubrious fate.
Trump could transform transit in NYC with Penn Station and Sunnyside Yard plans
By Clayton Guse
Published Mar 6, 2026
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Imagine boarding a NJ Transit train in Newark and riding all the way to the Bronx — or New Haven, Connecticut — without a transfer. And in the middle of it all, picture a massive new train hub in Sunnyside, Queens, that becomes one of the nation’s busiest rail stations, serving as a nexus for the entire region.
That vision, which New York transportation officials have sought for decades, is still a long shot. But Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s Oval Office pitch to Trump for $21 billion in federal funding for housing atop Sunnyside Yard brought hope it could become a reality. Tack on the president’s pending rebuild of Penn Station and the whole package represents an opportunity for truly transformative transit projects. There hasn’t been a moment like this since the 1960s, when the MTA was established and the agency released a sweeping transit expansion plan that was never realized.
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