Gov. Hochul intends to re-make the passenger concourse…and maybe give the station an entirely new name.
“She said she thought the station should be renamed, possibly after a New Yorker, rather than for a ‘neighboring state.’” (note The NY Times corrected this mistake)
Still, here’s good news for all who use this tired, over-worked depot.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/03/nyregion/penn-station-nyc-hochul.html?smid=em-share
Sorry David - I didn’t see a comment from tree68 - he lives in New York state, looks like everyone else had comments.
I think that this approach makes sense. I hope that construction can begin relatively soon.
From one of the other renderings, it appears that the plan includes closing a couple of blocks of W 31st St. to form a pedistrian “mall”…
Does anyone else see it that way?
Otherwise, looks like a wonderful plan…
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Please do not copy-and-paste articles from copyrighted sources. Thanks.
Steve: If you are referruing to my posting, I did not see anything about a copyright and believed it was a New York State public announcement (incuding the picture I posted), not a periodical publication. Since it is not preserved in my computer, I am asking you to enlighten me. What publivcation? Was it Railway Age. forwarded to me with thyat information missing?
Occasionally, a specific railfan will send me copyrighted material of his, and tell me iy’s OK for a Kalmbach website, but no place else.
Yeah, something catchy like The Governor Kathy Hochul Railroad Terminal
Never mind that she’s fighting a century of usage and custom. Millions of true New Yorkers still refuse to call Sixth Avenue “Avenue of the Americas”
Steve, this NOT copyrighted material, but a handout from the Governor’s office. ICYMI may copyright material, but if the Governor hands it out for distribution, it bis no longer under copyright.
ICYMI: Governor Hochul Unveils Commuter-First Vision For Penn Station And Revitalized Surrounding Neighborhood |
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New Plan Transforms Penn Station into Modern, World-Class Train Facility Reimagined Development Plan Reduces Density, Prioritizes the Public Realm and Social Services, Invests in Affordable Housing, Increases Transit Access and Shared Streets, Activates Pedestrian-Friendly Streetscape Renderings Available |
Steve, for your information: I do post material from Railway Age and the Jerusalem Post on occasion. BUT:
I always rewrite in my own style, usually more consise and often convaying gtyhe same information in half the number ofwords.
I always credit the source of information.
I keep the quotes of transt and railway people and government officials exactly as they are, but generally put all quotes from one person together in one paragraph, rasther than spreading out anf mixing the quotes as typical in the original material.
So I guess the proposal to rebuild the old Penn Station went belly up.
Sad.
Was there really any practical proposal to restore the old station in all its grandness?
No serious proposal that I’ve ever seen in 35 years of following this topic.
Besides, NYC needs a station for the 21st century, not one from nearly the 19th.
Excelsior!
Glad that they will get just that!
Dave, did you ever meet Frimbo?
I think I met Rogers Whittiker (Sp?) on a rear-mileage fantrip once. No deep conversation occured.
Bill Hastings, Ron Ziel, Maurie Kliebolt, Jay Quinby,
And others
and Queen Elizabeth
and Golda Meir
Didn’t know they were railfans! [Y]
(raises hand)
I did.
It was easy to recognize E. M. Frimbo. The first clue was that he looked like a stereotypical Episcopalian Senior Warden. At 75, he was a tall, commanding presence with wavy white hair and wearing a pinstriped blue wool three-piece suit whose vest had the lapels favored by bankers and moguls. I’d read once that he was said to look as if he were an executive in the New York Central’s Passenger Department, a simile which delighted him.
The second clue was that he was stepping down from the Amtrak business car on the rear of the publicity train that pulled into Cleveland on October 30, 1975 to herald the first run of the Lake Shore Limited the following night.
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Dave, did you ever meet Frimbo?
(raises hand)
I did.
It was easy to recognize E. M. Frimbo. The first clue was that he looked like a stereotypical Episcopalian Senior Warden. At 75, he was a tall, commanding presence with wavy white hair and wearing a pinstriped blue wool three-piece suit whose vest had the lapels favored by bankers and moguls. I’d read once that he was said to look as if he were an executive in the New York Central’s Passenger Department, a simile which delighted him.
The second clue was that he was stepping down from the Amtrak business car on the rear of the publicity train that pulled into Cleveland on October 30, 1975 to herald the first run of the Lake Shore Limited the following night.