Lawmakers say the short extension intends to help speed up renovations to Penn Station, which has sat beneath the Garden for 60 years. But it also signals that officials are questioning whether the venue should remain atop the country's busiest transit hub.
. The committee also slashed a recommendation to mandate public space upgrades to the neighborhood around the venue.
The fabled arena opened in 1963 with a 50-year permit to operate. The City Council issued a new 10-year permit in 2013, which expires this year. “It's so important that when we rehabilitate Penn Station, that we don't just focus on ingress and egress and functionality and, you know, the mid-block train hall is going to be grand, but we also want Eighth Avenue to be a grand public space because this needs to be,” Levine said at the event. “A public space that is not just tolerated by New Yorkers, but a space that is beloved by New Yorkers, like Grand Central Station.
But a Penn Station plan backed by Lieber’s predecessor Pat Foye is gaining steam. The firm ASTM has hired Foye and is pitching a concept that would improve the public spaces around the Garden. The plan would tear down the theater and replace it with a grand new Penn Station entrance on Eighth Avenue.
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