A stone-clad exterior draws inspiration from the neoclassical McKim, Mead & White-designed Moynihan Train Hall across Eighth Avenue. The proposed design keeps Madison Square Garden in place, creating two main train halls accessed by a grand Eighth Avenue entrance with 55’ high ceilings and a mid-block hall with 105’ high ceilings and a series of windows and skylights that bring natural light to the vast majority of Penn’s users. ASTM worked with collaborating design architects HOK and PAU to develop a design for Penn Station that builds upon the State’s existing plans for a new light-filled and airy midblock trainhall between 31st and 33rd streets and improve subway passenger connectivity from Seventh Avenue. The project team-which also includes HNTB, Lendlease, Severud, Halmar International and ME Engineers-engaged in a months-long process with local elected officials, community leaders and key stakeholders, incorporating feedback to the overall project vision to become an efficient, realistic and cost-effective solution to reimagining Penn Station. Hochul’s visionary efforts to transform Penn Station for New Yorkers and look forward to continuing to engage with elected officials, community leaders and local residents to deliver this much-needed plan that is more cost-effective, less burdensome on the state and taxpayers and more realistic than any previous proposal.” “Our vision will once again return Penn Station to be an iconic transit hub worthy of New York City with a grand entrance on Eighth Avenue, more light, more space, more accessibility and more efficiency. Hochul’s hopes for a new Penn Station,” said ASTM North America Senior Vice President Peter Cipriano. “In collaboration with HOK and PAU, ASTM has developed a thoughtful, transformational plan that will fulfill all of Gov. We are confident that this is the plan that New Yorkers deserve, not only because of its innovative design but because our public-private partnership model will lower the financial risk for taxpayers and more effectively deliver a modernized Penn Station in its entirety.” “Our team has spent months speaking with elected officials and community stakeholders to shape a proposal that will improve pedestrian flow, add needed entrances, widen corridors, increase accessibility and create more light and open space. Hochul’s own vision,” said ASTM North America CEO Pat Foye. “ASTM’s plan will solve the litany of issues that have long plagued Penn Station and is the full realization of Gov. Paid for by a variety of funding sources-including a combination of federal loans and grants, existing committed funds for Penn Station and a $1 billion investment from ASTM North America-ASTM’s P3 proposal designed by HOK and Practice for Architecture and Urbanism (PAU) could be delivered within six years of approval by New York State and its partners. The $6 billion project would fully revitalize the Penn Station block, both above ground and below. In partnership with HOK and PAU, ASTM’s full-block proposal achieves Governor Kathy Hochul’s vision for Penn Station with more light, enhanced ADA-compliant accessibility to all train platforms and a grand new entrance on Eighth Avenue.ĪSTM North America today unveiled its comprehensive vision for a new Penn Station that can be delivered to New Yorkers faster and at a lower cost than previous proposals with reduced risk to taxpayers and the community. Estimated $6 billion project would be delivered within six years of approval.
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