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Under Threat: The Penn Station Neighborhood in Manhattan

June 28, 2022 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

Gimbels Skybridge courtesy Preservation League of NYSNew York State’s Empire State Development Corporation’s proposed Pennsylvania Station Civic and Land Use Project (the “Penn Area Plan”) would demolish multiple blocks of historic buildings in the vicinity of Penn Station in Manhattan.

All told, over 40 historic buildings and structures stand to be lost while displacing thousands of residents and businesses.

According to Preservation League of New York State, “the immediate impact on the people who live and work in this neighborhood would be devastating. The needless demolition is an environmental catastrophe. The negative environmental impact related to the embodied carbon that is wasted when buildings are demolished and put in a landfill, combined with the carbon output of major new construction projects, is in direct opposition to New York State’s proclaimed climate action goals.”

A group of concerned community organizations led by co-coordinators Sam Turvey of RethinkNYC and Lynn Ellsworth of Human-Scale NYC, banded together in 2020 to fight the Penn Area Plan. The group has worked to push the Plan’s flaws to the forefront of public attention.

The Preservation League of New York State has included the Penn Station Neighborhood on the 2022-2023 Seven to Save list. The list highlights New York’s most endangered historic sites and the League offers listed places wider visibility, assistance with advocacy, and technical services.

For more information about the Seven to Save program and this year’s list, click here.

Photo of Gimbels Skybridge provided by Preservation League of New York State.

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Filed Under: History, New York City Tagged With: Architecture, development, Empire State Development Corporation, Historic Preservation, Manhattan, New York City, Penn Station, Preservation League of NYS, railroads, Transportation, Transportation History

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  1. Richard says

    June 29, 2022 at 7:41 AM

    Here we go … again. Jackie Kennedy, where are you when we need you NOW? Greed. Ignorance. Can’t blame TheOrangeGuy this time. He’s too busy baling rising tide at his Florida voting-address. 😉

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