New York's Pennsylvania Station renovation and expansion plans revived

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纽约州州长安德鲁•库默宣布重新启动停滞许久的纽约市宾夕法尼亚车站扩建项目，它是美国最为繁忙的交通枢纽。

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has unveiled a plan to restart the long-stalled renovation and expansion of New York City’s Pennsylvania Station, the busiest train hub in the US.

库默旨在与开发商建立新的公共/私人合作伙伴关系，扩建现有的车站，在一条设大型邮局和信函分检机构的街道内建立一个新的交通枢纽。

建筑事务所SOM 和HOK均参与了早前的车站扩建项目，但是本次项目将会由库默选择的开发商方面的设计师负责。

Cuomo is aiming to create a new public/private partnership with a developer to expand the existing station and build a new hub across the street in a massive former post office and mail-sorting facility.
Architecture firms SOM and HOK have both been associated with previous expansion plans, but Cuomo's selected developer will name its own architect for the project.

开发商将控制区域内的零售空间并为旧邮政大楼附近的办公和居住区谋求更多的实质性发展。

政府从财政基金中拨款3亿2500万美元（￡2亿2200万），而项目预计总成本将耗资30亿美元（￡20亿）。

The developer would also control retail spaces in the facilities and gain substantial development rights for new office or residential space above or near the former postal building.
The governor is committing $325 million (￡222 million) in government funds for the project, but the total project is expected to cost $3 billion (￡2 billion).

该站目前的每日客流量已达到650,000人，而最初设计的车站接待旅客数量为200,000人每天。

宾夕法尼亚车站位于曼哈顿最大的场馆麦迪逊广场花园的下方，它通常被称作宾州车站。宾州车站作为美铁重要的交通枢纽和换乘站，沟通着东西侧的新泽西和长岛车站，通勤往返的人络绎不绝。

地下车站显得相对狭小，低低的天花板和并不十分通畅的交通显得过度拥挤。

州长库默表示：“宾州车站占据着纽约秩序和交通网络的核心地位，但是它太过陈旧，人满为患，已经不能有效发挥作用。我们希望建造一座新的更好的宾州车站，远胜从前，而这也正是我们接下来要做的。”

The station currently handles 650,000 daily travelers, though it was only designed to handle 200,000 people a day.
Penn Station, as it is commonly called, is located underneath Madison Square Garden, Manhattan's largest arena. It serves Amtrak, the US national railway, New Jersey Transit, which carries passengers from the west, and Long Island Railroad, a commuter system that brings riders from the east.
The underground station is cramped and dangerously overcrowded with low ceilings and poor circulation.
"Penn Station is the heart of New York's economy and transportation network, but it has been outdated, overcrowded, and unworthy of the Empire State for far too long," said Governor Cuomo. "We want to build Penn Station to be better than it ever was, and that is exactly what we are going to do."

计划将美铁迁移至位于第八大道的法雷邮局大厦处，从而创造出面积达210,000平方英尺(19,509平方米)且带有零售区域的候车空间。美铁从现有的车站中迁移出，将会腾出更多的空间，简化交通流线，并扩大了新泽西运输与长岛铁路的交通走廊。
这两处场所也将会成为帝国交通综合体而被大众所熟知。

麦迪逊广场花园下的一个剧场也会被迁移，取而代之的是一个新入口，能够为现有站台增加采光。

The plan would relocate Amtrak into the Farley Post Office Building, which is located across Eighth Avenue from Penn Station, creating 210,000-square-feet (19,509 square metres) of waiting room with retail space. Moving Amtrak out of the existing station will allow more space, simplified circulation, and expanded corridors for New Jersey Transit and the Long Island Railroad.
The two facilities would together be known as the Empire Station Complex.
A theatre located under Madison Square Garden could also be removed, creating a new entrance that would allow light into the existing terminal.

纽约市政艺术协会主张转移麦迪逊广场花园并支持建设全新的宾州车站，协会组织了一次重新规划该区域的竞赛，SHoP, SOM, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, 和 H3 Collaborative均提出了各自的建议。

协会支持库默的计划提议，但也认为这还远远不够。

协会的常务副会长Mary Rowe表示：“州长先生对于车站扩建项目的紧迫性与雄心勃勃的决心，我们对此深感共鸣。”

“然而，从长远来看，这些改进措施不足以充分解决宾州车站的过度拥挤问题，也难以满足该地区及邻区经济和交通快速发展而带来的日益增长的需求。”她补充道。

州长希望在90天内获得各界赞同与支持的意愿，能够在年底破土动工。

The Municipal Art Society, a civic group that has advocated for the relocation of Madison Square Garden and the construction of an entirely new Penn Station, organised an ideas competition to reimagine the complex. SHoP, SOM, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, and H3 Collaborative all put forward proposals.
The society supports elements of Cuomo's plan but also believes it does not go far enough.
"We echo the Governor's conviction that Penn Station is in need of urgent and ambitious change," said Mary Rowe, executive vice president of the society.
"However, in the long term, these improvements won't be enough to fully address Penn Station's severe overcrowding or meet the growing needs of its rapidly developing neighborhood and our regional economy," she added.
The governor's goal is to receive expressions of interest within 90 days and to break ground by the end of the year.

纽约一些杰出的开发商，沃那多房产及相关公司，十多年来一直致力于宾州车站再次开发的相关项目，寻求固定的办公租赁，但目前为止并没有实际投入建设。
库默的宣讲有可能会使促使他们加快项目建设或者让其他项目取而代之，另外，据纽约时代周刊表示，其他的两家地产公司Extell和Brookfield也暗示对相关项目表示有意愿。

旧的宾州车站建于1910年，由学院派建筑师麦基姆、米德和怀特设计建造，是纽约最宏大的建筑之一，在1963年被拆毁而形成现有的一系列设施。随后产生的社会公开论战有助于纽约的城市保护运动和1965年美国《城市地标保护法》的通过。

以上图片来源于州长安德鲁•库默的办公部门。

A pair of prominent New York developers, Vornado and Related Companies, had been tasked with redeveloping Penn Station along similar lines for more than 10 years. They had been seeking an anchor office tenant but had not moved forward with construction to date.
Cuomo's announcement will either jumpstart their efforts or see them replaced. Extell and Brookfield, two other large real estate companies, have already indicated possible interest, according to the New York Times.
The original Penn Station opened in 1910 and was designed by the Beaux Arts architects McKim, Mead & White. One of New York's grandest structures, the building was demolished in 1963 to create the current facility. The ensuing controversy helped fuel the preservation movement in New York and the passage of the Landmarks Law in 1965.
Images courtesy of the office of governor Andrew Cuomo.

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