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Old Posted Dec 23, 2008, 2:13 PM
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Also of note, though the planning for the Moynihan Station project isn't complete yet, it does look like they are planning to move forward without relocation of MSG (not good) but the Penn East tower - said to be from 1100 to 1200 ft, and the Penn West tower are still in the making...

from the draft scope:

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Nearby known developments in the study area would include those portions of a Moynihan Project/Penn Station Redevelopment Project (“Moynihan Project”) that are currently expected to be completed by 2014. A version of the Moynihan Project was the subject of a public scoping meeting in December 2007 and planning efforts to define the proposed building program and actions are currently ongoing. While the full nature and scope of the Moynihan Project have not been determined at this time, it is conservatively estimated that the following development would have occurred by 2014:

 Redevelopment of the Farley Complex with approximately 235,000 gsf of office use, 125,000 gsf of hotel use, and approximately 553,000 gsf of destination retail space;

 Development of the Penn East site with approximately 1.9 million gsf of office use and approximately 71,000 gsf of destination retail space; and

 Development of the Penn West site with approximately 574,000 gsf of hotel use, approximately 37,000 gsf of retail space, and approximately 490 residential units.
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Also of note are the transportation improvements (key to the 20 % building bonus) that we will get...

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Both scenarios would relocate and significantly upgrade the existing subway entrances on West 32nd and West 33rd Streets and would undertake significant mass transit improvements, including the re-opening and renovating of the passageway under the south side of 33rd Street (39)1 (see Figures 9a, 9b, and 9c).

The renovated passageway would be widened to accommodate pedestrian flows between Penn Station/the Seventh Avenue subway lines (1, 2, and 3) and the Sixth Avenue subway lines (B, D, F, N, Q, R, V, and W) and the Port Authority Trans Hudson (PATH) station, improving pedestrian circulation on the street-level sidewalks. The passageway would provide an alternative to pedestrians traveling along the 33rd Street corridor. In addition, both scenarios would improve several subway stairways and control areas serving the Seventh Avenue line, the Sixth Avenue line, the Broadway line, and PATH.

Specifically, these transit improvements would include:

 Widening the stair from the Seventh Avenue southbound local platform to the 32nd Street underpass (21);
 Building a new stairway to the center platform from the 32nd Street/Seventh Avenue underpass (25);
 Widening the Seventh Avenue northbound local platform between West 32nd and West 33rd Streets by six feet (26);
 Building new subway entrances at Seventh Avenue and West 32nd Street and Seventh Avenue and West 33rd Street, each of which would include a 10-foot-wide set of stairs through the proposed building (36 and 37);
 Constructing a new street elevator at the Seventh Avenue and West 33rd Street entrance (38);
 Widening the Sixth Avenue and West 32nd Street PATH entrance stairs by 10 feet, and adding one escalator (40);
 Constructing one escalator at the Sixth Avenue and West 33rd Street subway entrance (41);
 Constructing a 10-foot staircase from the PATH to the B, D, F, and V platform near West 32nd Street (44);
 Constructing a 15-foot staircase from the PATH to the B, D, F, and V platform near West 33rd Street (45); and
 Reconfigure fare control area to accommodate new stairs (44 and 45) from the PATH to B, D, F, and V platforms (51a).
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