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Originally Posted by WhatTheHeck5205
I’d rather it sit as a parking lot for a while if it means the NIMBYs no longer have “save the Hotel Pennsylvania” as a rallying cry. Can’t preserve what’s no longer there. And honestly, this is probably the only part of Manhattan where a surface parking lot isn’t going to damage the streetscape, because there isn’t any streetscape to begin with.
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A parking lot on this site, even a temporary one, would be absurd. One of the good things about the overall Empire Station redevelopment is that it gets rid of the above ground parking lots. Midtown isn’t the place for that, especially next to the city’s greatest transportation center.
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Originally Posted by JMKeynes
I hope that Roth doesn’t prioritize this over 350 Park.
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350 Park is on it’s own timeline, and won’t be available for development for a few years. This site is available now, and with the hotel no longer operating (it was always an excuse to hold on), becomes that much more a priority.
As the first major new office tower to go up in the area, 15 Penn will be a catalyst for change, much the same way as the Coach tower was for the Hudson Yards. (Even with 1 and 2 Penn getting makeovers).