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Posted by Marc A. Rivlin on Thu May 16 05:47:06 2019, in response to Re: Plans for Moynihan?, posted by NIMBYkiller on Mon May 13 13:51:23 2019. In 2016, the state Economic Development Corporation, the MTA, and Amtrak issued a Joint Solicitation for the Development of the Empire Station Complex, which included both the Farley Building/Moynihan Train Hall request for proposals and the Penn Station request for expressions of interest/request for qualifications. The former is what is now under construction to create the Moynihan Train Hall and the office space at the Ninth Avenue end of Farley. The latter would create a plan to redevelop both levels of the existing Penn Station to create more space, light, and access including the since announced project between the MTA and Vornado to widen add additional street access to the 33rd Street corridor of the Long Island Rail Road level as well as other possible changes to access such as rebuilding the corner entrances on Eighth Avenue and/or creating a grand entrance on Eighth where the Theater at MSG is currently. I attended a couple of Penn Station-related events last year, the Jane's Walk tour of the completed parts in Farley last May and a Rebuild Penn Station event last October. At one--and I don't recall which; it could have been at both, the question of what would become of the Amtrak space in Penn once Moynihan Train Hall opened was raised and the response was that no plans had been developed yet. And, I don't know what came of the RFEI/RFQ, but I believe that there would years of planning ahead including an EIS. |
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