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June 10, 2026

Proposed $8B transformation of NYC's Penn Station features Roman-style columns, ornamental design

  • Renderings of a dramatically redesigned station have been released by terminal owner Amtrak and the developers it selected for the project slated to start construction next year.
    • By PHILIP MARCELO
    Associated Press

    Images from Penn Transformation Partners [enlarge]
    This rendering released Monday posits a redesigned Pennsylvania Station in New York City featuring a rectangular stone facade lined with columns.

    NEW YORK — When Manhattan's original Pennsylvania Station was demolished in 1963, it marked the undignified end to one of America's great public works, a monolithic Beaux Arts train terminal with Roman-style columns and a spacious central waiting area that at the time was the largest indoor space in the city.


     
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