See inside Penn Station’s spacious new passenger hall set to open on Friday
The shiny, new Moynihan Train Hall will be more spacious than Grand Central’s main concourse.
While any additions seem like a major upgrade for travelers passing through the Western Hemisphere’s busiest train station, the long-awaited, $1.6 billion Moynihan Train Hall features a spacious, light-filled atrium with a 92-foot-high glass skylight and soaring ceilings honoring the design of the original Penn Station. The new 255,000-square-foot Train Hall expands Penn Station's concourse space by 50%, which is more spacious than Grand Central’s main concourse. The second-story mezzanine will be home to dining and retail, a one-acre sky-lit atrium, a signature clock, cutting-edge technology, clear wayfinding, full accessibility, and museum-caliber public art, expanded waiting areas, free public WiFi throughout the transit center, and a dedicated lounge for nursing mothers.
The main hall, which once served as the Post Office's mail sorting room, is reminiscent of the original Penn Station's vaulted concourse and uses the same marble (from the same Tennessee quarries) as that at Grand Central Terminal. Its clock, which is suspended from the central truss, is meant to evoke nostalgia for the golden age of rail travel.
https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/see-inside-penn-stations-spacious-new-passenger-hall-set-to-open-on-friday-122820
Cuomo/DeBlasio shut down state/city, beg fleeing NYer's to come back, why, "We need more of your money to waste on projects like this" Nothing is Open, they won't let anyone work!..This is insanity at it's finest!