Elegran Edge
The Real Estate Blog
What is Elegran Edge? It’s the blog where we bring together the biggest and best stories from our neighborhood blogs and agent blogs. If it’s happening in Manhattan real estate, you can find it here.
Articles about "Penn Station"
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Commuters Brace for Upcoming Penn Station Repairs
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Julia Troy
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May 08, 2017
Improvements are headed to Penn Station, but how will repairs impact the lives of commuters?
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Penn Station Revamp
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Alexsis Moses
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September 29, 2016
Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced that Penn Station is getting a much needed redesign—what will we see at it's 2020 grand opening?
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#TBT: The Scandal of Stanford White
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Serena Horrigan
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February 04, 2016
The first of our #TBT series on historic NYC architects delves into the scandal surrounding the designer of such iconic NYC landmarks as he Washington Square Arch and the original Madison Square Garden.
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#TBT: Penn Station’s Past Glory
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Serena Horrigan
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June 04, 2015
This Thursday we're throwing back to Penn Station's glory days as a breathtaking example of Beaux-Arts architecture!
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Moving Midtown West
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Kamini Ramdeen
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May 05, 2014
Midtown West will one day be the home to the mammoth sized Hudson Yards Project, which is already undergoing construction. In order to ensure that the many people that will be moving into that area will be accommodated by mass transit the New York Building Congress (NYBC) has proposed the Moving Midtown West (MMW) project.
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Penn Station: Still Terrible But Hope is on the Horizon
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Olivia Smedley
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October 03, 2013
Every day, around 600,000 commuters flow in and out of Penn Station, and boy do they hate it. Why is it so difficult to get in, around, and through Penn during peak hours (and even times in between)? It could be because the current station was built to accommodate only a third of the hundreds of thousands that arrive each morning. Any commuter knows how dismal, depressing, and downright annoying it is to simply be in the western world’s largest transportation hub, and for almost 20 years the city has been planning on its expansion.
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The Battle Over Penn Station’s New Layout Has Started
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Clemence Fontaine
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June 05, 2013
The case for moving the world’s most famous arena is not on the agenda yet. The City Planning Commission has given Madison Square Garden fifteen more years to prepare for its eventual relocating. Thus, Penn Station can start laying out its future extension. Indeed, unrealistic projects have already seen the light and the Municipal Art Society has launched a competition over Penn Station’s new design. Four of the city’s top architects stand out and have begun the fight over who is going to be granted the honor of redesigning New York’s main hub.
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The Case for Moving Madison Square Garden
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Aby Thomas
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May 13, 2013
On May 22, the Department of City Planning is going to vote on whether Madison Square Garden, one of New York City’s most iconic structures, should be given only 15 more years to operate from its current location over Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan. If the city’s commissioners give the green signal to this proposal, then that means that the “World’s Most Famous Arena” will probably soon have to find a new location to call as its home in the city.
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Taking the Gloves Off: MSG and Penn Station
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Thomas Faddegon
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April 24, 2013
Penn Station is about to burst at the rafters. It likely would have done so already, were it not for a certain 19,000-seat stadium sitting squarely on its head. Manhattan’s entire subway system is notorious for packed subway cars at rush hour, and commuters have learned to suspend any notion of personal space for the duration of their ride. Nevertheless, overcrowding at the famous NYC station has reached critical levels.
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MTA To Raise New York Base Fare in March 2013
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Brittany Tenpenny
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October 23, 2012
Just last week, we reported on the MTA’s proposal to raise subway fares for commuters. MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota confirmed the plans on Monday, hinting that base fares might see an increase. This is bad news for Manhattan residents, a group that has endured a number of fare hikes in recent years. If the proposal passes, the change will go into effect March 1, 2013.
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