Posted Feb 5, 2016, 8:02 PM
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What's Next For Penn Station?
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The original Penn Station, image by Bain News Service via Wikimedia Commons
Empire Station Complex, image via New York State
Various schemes have been imagined throughout the years, including a series of proposals in 2013 by four notable architecture firms. SHoP Architects' plan would have moved Madison Square Garden to the southwest, built an extension to the High Line, and redeveloped the site of 2 Penn Plaza. Skidmore, Owings and Merrill also recommended moving the arena, this time to the lot just south of the post office, remaking the now clean slate over Penn Station into a mixed-use development. In similar fashion, Diller Scofidio + Renfro proposed moving the arena west of the post office and constructing a mix of uses on the Penn site, complete with theatres, a pool, restaurants, and park space. H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture would have constructed a new Hudson River pier beyond the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, placing Madison Square Garden at this location and using its original setting to house a revitalized garden-topped station with a skyscraper on each corner of the block.
Some of these ideas may be revived in the coming months, as firms prepare their submissions after a request for proposals was launched in January. They'll have until April 22 to outline their vision for Penn Station. Whether travelling by car, rail, foot, or bike, infrastructure must keep pace with the ever-changing transit patterns of big cities. New York City's extensive transit system is known the world over, and it looks like the time has come to reinvent one of the cornerstones of this crucial network.
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