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Moynihan Train Hall in New York
Jan 5, 2021
Moynihan Train Hall
Architects: SOM
Location: New York, USA

photo © Lucas Blair Simpson | Aaron Fedor © SOM
Designed by SOM, the Moynihan Train Hall completely reimagines the travel experience at the busiest transportation hub in the Western Hemisphere, and evokes the architectural heritage of New York?s original Pennsylvania Station.

photo: Lucas Blair Simpson © SOM
New York, New York ? Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill are celebrating the completion of a long-held New York dream. The new Daniel Patrick Moynihan Train Hall, named for the visionary United States senator who proposed the project in the 1990s, will open its doors on January 1 to New Yorkers and travelers from the Long Island Rail Road, Amtrak, the New York City Subway, and the entire northeast region. It is one of the most monumental civic projects undertaken in the city in a generation, and transforms the way millions of people interact with one of the world?s largest cities.
photo: Lucas Blair Simpson © SOM
Moynihan Train Hall expands the Pennsylvania Station complex with a 486,000-square-foot rail hub in the landmark James A. Farley Post Office Building. Situated across Penn Station between Eighth and Ninth Avenues and West 31st and 33rd Streets, it reverses the dark, overcrowded experience that so many commuters have endured for decades. It b...