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1. Penn Station Expansion Finally Rolls Into Motion.

Author

STABILE, TOM

Subjects
*RAILROAD station design & construction, *POST office buildings, *CONSTRUCTION projects, *PASSENGER traffic
Abstract

The article offers information on the construction and expansion of Pennsylvania (Penn) Station in New York . Also mentioned is the renovation of James A. Farley Post Office that has been transformed into Moynihan Train Hal which as per the author is a 1.85 billion dollar project. The passenger flow at the Penn Station that is affected due to the construction is also discussed. Also mentioned is the Vornado-Related-Skanska team budget for the project task.

Published
2017

2. How a Train Station’s Price Swelled to $4 Billion.

Author

DUNLAP, DAVID W.

Subjects
*RAILROAD station design & construction, *RAILROAD stations, *SHOPPING mall design & construction, *FINANCE
Abstract

The article discusses complications regarding the design and construction of the World Trade Center Transportation Hub train station in New York City, focusing on the escalating costs of the station's construction. Topics addressed include plans to include a shopping mall operated by the Westfield Corporation shopping center company, architect Santiago Calatrava's involvement in the project, and timetables for the hub's construction.

Published
2014

3. SOM back in at New York's Moynihan Station.

Author

Lubell, Sam

Subjects
*RAILROAD station design & construction, *ARCHITECTURAL designs
Abstract

This article reports that a design proposal of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill for New York City's planned Moynihan Railroad Station was chosen by project developers Related Companies and Vornado Realty Trust and the Empire State Development Corp. in 2006. The design proposal is detailed. The article also describes the project.

Published
2006

5. Next Stop, Farley Station.

Subjects
*RAILROAD station design & construction, *RAILROAD stations
Abstract

The author discusses the construction of a train station located at the James A. Farley Post Office in New York under a project of Governor Andrew Cuomo which will include the renovation of the Penn Station, widening of passageways, and putting signage.

Published
2016

6. Station Plan Is Called Dead, But It May Just Be Napping.

Author

Bagli, Charles V.

Subjects
*RAILROAD stations, *CONTRACT proposals, *RAILROAD station design & construction
Abstract

The article reports on $900 million Moynihan Station project that has been declared dead by governor George Pataki in Albany, New York. The proposal to turn Manhattan's General Post Office into a rail gateway for commuters expanding the project near Pennsylvania Station was not supported by Sheldon Silver, Democratic speaker of the State Assembly. Following his decision, the representative of Pataki and the Senates' Representative majority also refused their support.

Published
2006

7. New Jersey Transit Will Consider Occupying New Station in Midtown.

Subjects
*POST office buildings, *PUBLIC buildings, *RAILROAD station design & construction
Abstract

Reports on the fund given by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to New Jersey Transit Corp. to study how it might extend its platforms in Pennsylvania Station into a new station in the James A. Farley post office building. Plan of the states to build a grand railroad hub in the landmark post office building; Advocacy of the late U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan for the project; Decision of Amtrak, long the station's intended tenant, not to pay rent if it moved into the space from its home in the Pennsylvania Station.

Published
2004

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