[NYguy]

Not surprised Vornado/Related got it again. Between the two of them, that entire swath of Manhattan all the way to the river could be their own individual city. Call it Vornated.



http://therealdeal.com/2016/09/27/co...nihan-station/

The announcement, however, did come with a few surprises: one that AMTRAK and LIRR will share space in the Farley Post Office, rather than just house a train hall for the former. The second was that the design-build team will not be tackling a redesign of Penn Station. That portion of the project will be handled by a separate request for proposals. The MTA is planning to rebuild the current LIRR concourse in Penn Station — what Cuomo on Tuesday referred to as catacombs — and two subway stations. The agency will release an RFP for that work on Tuesday.

ESD and Amtrak, meanwhile, will issue a separate RFP to redevelop the current Amtrak space in Penn Station. The new LIRR concourse at 33rd Street will be widened to three-times its current 25 feet, have higher ceilings and feature LED video screens on the ceiling that will project blue skies — a far cry from the hellish metaphor that the governor is fond of using when it comes to the station but not quite as illustrious as a previous design option that would have brought natural light down to the “catacombs.”

.....In response to a question at an Association for Better New York event on Tuesday, Cuomo indicated that there are no plans to relocate Madison Square Garden, though its operating permit at its current space expires in seven years. Cuomo said the state has the option down the road to buy part of the stadium to expand Penn Station, but MSG likes its current location.

.....“This isn’t a plan. I don’t announce plans with caveats. This is what is going to happen,” Cuomo said. “We’re so accustomed to projects that get announced but don’t materialize. You don’t think we can do it? Look at the Tappan Zee Bridge. We are doing it.”

http://rew-online.com/2016/09/27/cuo...ation-by-2020/

The Long Island Rail Road concourses at Penn Station will all be rebuilt and redone by the MTA. Meanwhile, the Empire State Development Corporation will work with Amtrak to redevelop the other portions of Penn Station. “Pennsylvania Station gets 650,000 passengers per day – more than all the airports combined,ˮ said Gov. Cuomo. “It is triple the capacity that the facility was designed for and it is not representative of New York. It is dirty, it is dingy, it is dark and … the equivalent of the LaGuardia Airport, which has now become a national laughing stock. It is decrepit and it’s affront to riders to use it.”

Cuomo said the new train hall will be “magnificentˮ adding, “It will become a destination in and of itself. This will all be high-end. This will be the best of the best. It will have every new accommodation used in any train hall or airport anywhere on the globe.ˮ