![]() ![]() Other improvements will include new wayfinding, a new elevator at 7th Avenue, brighter lighting, and enhanced airflow. The next phase, scheduled for completion in 2023, will nearly double the concourse’s width and raise its ceiling height to 18 ft. The Gateway represents the first phase in the complete revamp of the LIRR concourses. Pre-tension steel supports the Gateway's high-performance glass. The three escalators double the entrance's vertical circulation capacity. Underground, a map of New York State rings steel spandrels and helps to place travelers within the region. Its three escalators double the entrance’s vertical circulation capacity. ![]() ![]() Parametric analysis informed the design and engineering of the curved glass and connector elements.Įast End Gateway connects directly to the Long Island Railroad Main Concourse from the street. The Gateway’s pre-tensioned steel cables support its smooth, high-performance glass enclosure. It is also another natural light source into the station that, previously, had been like navigating a hermetically sealed cave. The entrance is set back 130 ft from the curb to ease pedestrian crowding and to align the structure more directly with the Empire State Building for viewing that iconic skyscraper. The structure is positioned to give travelers a better view of the Empire State Building. SOM-which had been attached to the Train Hall project since the 1990s-recently released new photos of the Gateway. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, which designed the Train Hall, also was part of that building team that included Skanska, AECOM, and Seele on the East End Gateway, a 40-ft-tall street-level glass and steel canopy that provides a new entrance to Penn Station at 33rd Street and 7th Avenue. The Train Hall “gives the city the gateway it deserves,” wrote the New York Times architecture critic Michael Kimmelman. Luckily, Penn Station has all three of these covered with some food stops that are practically historic landmarks in the station.Great fanfare was accorded the opening, last January, of the $1.6 billion 486,000-sf Moynihan Train Hall, an adaptive reuse of the 107-year-old Farley Post Office Building and the first major step toward the reimagination of New York City’s Pennsylvania Station, the busiest train station in the Western Hemisphere. When it comes to the most iconic foods at Penn Station, three things must be on the list: pizza, bagels, and some kind of sweet treat. The sheer number of food stops found throughout Penn Station is quite staggering, but those new to the city should check these food stops off their lists, first. It can best be described as a mix of pizza grease, the aroma of fresh coffee, and the underlying hint of sugary pretzels in the distance. One of the first scents that will greet a traveler walking into Penn Station from any number of its street-level entrances is the food. There's never a moment in time when Penn Station isn't bustling with people and while it's overwhelming for those who aren't native to this city, it's exciting in a sense, too. Not only is it a symbol of travel in New York City, but it's also a historic landmark that gives way to the LIRR, subway line, and Amtrak which can take travelers to other nearby cities. ![]()
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