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New York s Penn Station is synonymous with poor design. Low ceilings. A general feeling of dread. The city s major rail hub exists, in its current incarnation, almost as an afterthought, buried beneath a basketball arena that doubles as a hockey rink. But it wasn t always thus.
Before its demolition in the 1960s, the old Penn Station was one of the country s grand public places, connecting New York to America. The recent opening of the new Moynihan Train Hall, across 8th Avenue from Madison Square Garden, represents a renewal – for the neighborhood, for the city, and for the memory of the old Penn Station.
Moynihan Train Hall: Itâs Stunning. And, a First Step.
A $1.6 billion transformation of a post office has given the city a lofty, light-filled steel, glass and marble cathedral, our critic writes.
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A multiple exposure consisting of 10 frames shows visitors and passengers moving through the new Moynihan Train Hall.Credit.Bryan Derballa for The New York Times
The $1.6 billion Moynihan Train Hall opened at dawn on New Yearâs morning â on budget, too, even a couple of months early. Instagram swooned. Tweeters channeled Stefon from âSaturday Night Live.â
In the midst of everything else, we needed this. New York needs this.