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Pennsylvania Station (often abbreviated to Penn Station) was a historic railroad station in New York City that was built for, named after, and originally occupied by the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR). The station occupied an 8-acre (3.2 ha) plot bounded by Seventh and Eighth Avenues and 31st and 33rd Streets in Midtown Manhattan .
The building was made a New York City designated landmark in 1966 [6] and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. [1] In 1982, the Penn Station post office was dedicated as the James A. Farley Building, in honor of the former Postmaster General who had expanded the building in the 1930s.
In 1987, a rail connection to the West Side Rail Yard opened, [40] and in 1991, the opening of the Empire Connection allowed Amtrak to consolidate all of its New York City trains at Penn Station and save $600,000 a year in fees; [41] [42] [43] previously, trains from the Empire Corridor terminated at Grand Central Terminal, a legacy of the two ...
The building's Beaux-Arts exterior resembles that of the original Penn Station; both buildings were designed by the architectural firm of McKim, Mead & White. The 486,000 sq ft (45,200 m 2) complex was built to alleviate congestion in Penn Station, which saw 650,000 daily riders before the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The $1.6 billion renovation ...
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President-elect Donald Trump wants to make New York City's crumbling Penn Station and subways “beautiful” again, The Post exclusively can reveal.
34th Street–Penn Station (IND Eighth Avenue Line), a New York City Subway station (A, C, and E trains) 34th Street–Penn Station (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line), a New York City Subway station (1, 2, and 3 trains)
McKim, Mead & White also designed the General Post Office Building across from Penn Station at the same time, part of which became the new Amtrak station in 2021. [12] The original Penn Station was demolished in 1963–1964 and replaced with a newer Madison Square Garden, in spite of large opposition to the move. [13]