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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 exterior of Penn Station in 1911 Penn Station's interior in the 1930s One of few remnants of the original station still in use, a staircase between tracks 3 and 4 A small portion of Penn Station opened on September 8, 1910, in conjunction with the opening of the East River Tunnels , and LIRR riders gained direct railroad service to ...
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 ...
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.
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)
President-elect Donald Trump wants to make New York City's crumbling Penn Station and subways “beautiful” again, The Post exclusively can reveal.
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The West Side Line, also called the West Side Freight Line, is a railroad line on the west side of the New York City borough of Manhattan.North of Penn Station, from 34th Street, the line is used by Amtrak passenger service heading north via Albany to Toronto; Montreal; Niagara Falls and Buffalo, New York; Burlington, Vermont; and Chicago.