From the NY Times:The owners of Madison Square Garden have been given an ultimatum: Make life more bearable for the hundreds of thousands of commuters who shuffle daily through the corridors of Pennsylvania Station crammed beneath the arena or face eviction.
The New York City Planning Commission voted unanimously on Wednesday to extend the Garden’s operating permit for 15 years, during which time the arena’s owners could either make plans to move or substantially improve the transportation hub.
“The best possible outcomes for the city would be a relocated Madison Square Garden coupled with a rebuilt Penn Station,” said Amanda M. Burden, the city’s planning commissioner.
The vote was the latest chapter in a continuing campaign that has been waged on and off for the last 50 years, ever since the original Penn Station was torn down. The destruction of that elegant station prompted a landmarks preservation movement that has saved numerous historical treasures in the city and across the nation.
8 comments:
“The best possible outcomes for the city would be a relocated Madison Square Garden coupled with a rebuilt Penn Station,”
Also the best possible outcome for developers, lawyers, environmental studies folks and of course the labor unions.
other than Penn, where else do you have a 5 subway trains and numerous commuter railroads come together?
Why is there a Madison Square Park? Is that where MSG used to be?
Anon No. 3: Yes, then 8th Avenue and 50th Street.
Who the hell is Moynihan and why name Station after him/her ?
These people are crazy !
The same thing that happened to Moynihan.
I've personally seen that dude drink at a Democratic fundraiser in Douglaston. Could Daniel Patrick put it down. He didn't need embalming.
But like many an old school Irish statesman, Moynihan had great character. I always liked his style.
What a spellbinding speaker!
Liu looks like a Martian...from Flushing.
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