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NYC’s Penn Station is getting an $8 billion, Trump-approved glow up

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27.05.2026

NYC’s Penn Station is getting an $8 billion, Trump-approved glow up

New renderings show plans for returning New York City’s ‘hell hole’ train station back to its original Beaux-Arts glory.

[Image: obtained by Gothamist]

The new Penn Station is going to be big, airy, and very bronze. 

New renderings, obtained by the Gothamist on May 26, offer a first look at the official redesign plans for the iconic New York City train station, which has long been derided for its windowless interior and maze-like tunnels—a subterranean hub that The Verge has described as a “hell hole,” The New Yorker has dubbed a “grimy ant farm,” and Insider has called “the worst place in New York........

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