Topic: Moynihan Station

The New York Observer | 2008-12-08 16:03:02

Over at the Daily Beast today, Maura Moynihan pens a piece in an attempt to revive movement on Moynihan Station, the long-planned expansion of Penn Station that has chronically been glued to the drawing boards. The daughter of Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Ms. Moynihan began an advocacy effort for the station after her father’s death in 2003, and has ...

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The New York Observer | 2008-12-01 16:02:51

Last November, the Post's Steve Cuozzo railed against the campaign to preserve Hotel Pennsylvania, which he called "one of the gloomiest structures between the Battery and The Bronx." Now, the paper is listing the old Glenn Miller hangout among its "10 Endangered Buildings Worth Saving" -- No. 2, in fact, just behind Harlem's Corn Exchange Bank. Built in 1919 ...

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The New York Observer | 2008-10-24 16:04:22

Here's Brooklyn Councilwoman Tish James explaining her vote on the term limits extender bill a few moments ago on the Council floor: "I believe that this is really all about a legacy—about Moynihan Station, about Willets Point, about the West Side, about Ground Zero, and yes, about Atlantic Yards; and about the displacement of low, moderate and working ...

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The New York Observer | 2008-09-17 16:02:12

The list of mayors, governors and U.S. senators who have championed and supported the plans to expand Pennsylvania Station across the street into the Farley Post Office is a lengthy one. Daniel Moynihan, David Dinkins, Mario Cuomo, George Pataki, Rudolph Giuliani, Michael Bloomberg, Charles Schumer, Eliot Spitzer. The project, now named Moynihan Station, has existed on paper since the ...

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