Secrets of Moynihan Train Hall at Penn Station (Full Tour) 🚇
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- Опубліковано 1 січ 2021
- New York City LIVE: The new Moynihan Train Hall at Penn Station and it’s Secrets
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Thank you for this tour, Ariel. You did an amazing job. You're channel is way underrated. A lot more people should see your tours.
We were in this video at 17:00 checking out the station! Great video!
I am a southern transplant to Boston. Outside of the Northeast down to DC people are too much in love with their cars and the open road. There is a place for that but long distance travel by rail is amazing. America is so far behind the rest of the world in modern rail travel.
There's nothing more fun than following you around on these tours! Love seeing the world through your eyes!
This is an excellent video, I am an ex NYC resident and remember this post office building very well. What a transformation. Your research and videography is impressive.
loved this tour ariel and thanks very much for us taking thru! beautifully done structure and liked the glass ceiling to let in the natural lighting. i am sure this will be a wonderful addition to the comings and goings of this great and bustling city once again :)
Off topic re: US Army/National Guard. Both organizations can be deployed in the US to provide security. The NG can be deployed by the governor of the respective state for duty wholly within respective state or can be activated/nationalized by authority of the US president and become active duty US military personnel. The US Army can be used domestically. There are exceptions to "posse comitatus"
When the PRR tore down Penn Station in 1963-1966, they thought that intercity trains were going to disappear, so they wanted a commuter oriented station
This is so cool! Thank you for sharing your first time visiting Penn station🙌🏼Just last night I was watching a Cheddar video about the deteriorating North River tunnel and they mentioned the history of Penn station which I found so interesting!
I've always been fascinated by the tragic story of Penn Station. Glad Moynihan Station is finally completed, can't wait to use it!
Thanks so much for your beautiful videos👍😬😍
A few clarifications:
1. Freight rail is not dying in the US, and in fact freight rail makes up orders of magnitude more rail volume than passenger in the US. The US moves nearly a third of all freight in the country and is a massive player in the country's economy, far, far more than passenger rail outside the northeast. The industry is having some trouble from Covid, but so is nearly every other industry.
I doubt we're getting autonomous trucks in the next decade outside of possibly a few limited applications, as without hundreds of billions of investment for a dedicated ROW, they'd need to share roads with humans. I doubt we can resolve the endless legal and safety issues to make that work any time soon. Even if they do eventually arrive, autonomous trucks can't surpass the far superiors energy efficiency of rail.
2. Amtrak actually does go to Canada, however the Canadian routes aren't running during Covid. When not in a pandemic, you can take the train from NY to both Toronto via the Maple Leaf and Montreal via the Adirondack. You can also take the Cascades from Oregon and Washington to Vancouver. However, no Amtrak route goes to Mexico (though a couple go close to the border).
Great video. Another level. Excellent history.
Thank You so much..very interesting tour
I can readily see why people put down the present underground station but I really didn’t think it all looked so bad. Parts of it definitely look better than other parts though. I once read the the original Penn Station might’ve been doomed right from the very start because the architect rejected having an office tower to go with the station. An office building might well have kept the station from being demolished.
I shared this on many facebook groups it's an exceptional video
Thank You so much… very interesting tour
The sky lights are wonderful , love the metal structues , great clock it was very well done ✅
Love the new entrance you exited on to Penn Station that’s a direct beeline shot from the Empire State Building.
Happy new year and thanks for this great tour of the new station of NYC.
But you forgot one Railroad. The New Jersey transit is also riding by penn station.
Thanks for the great tours you had make, and I hope that you will make more of these great tours.
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Just discovered you! Absolutely fabulous- learned a lot. Will watch all your stuff from now on.
Beautiful train station 💗
I am a big fan of art deco
IMPRESSIVE ARIEL!!! WAS IN N.Y. IN 2003-2012, PENN STATION HAS TOTALLY CHANGED.
Amtrak goes to Montreal, look at the schedule...from there you would train to Toronto...it’s marvelous 🥂✨
Nice tour. Thanks. 😊
The Moynihan Train Hall is an improvement over the 1968, then, "new" Penn station entrance. However ....
The Moynihan Train Hall can not begin to compare to the original Pennsylvania Station entrance that was
demolished 1961-1968. The old Pennsylvania Hotel (one block away on 7th Street) matched both the Post
Office building and the original Pennsylvania Station. AND The three buildings were not crowded in by
tall skyscrapers at the time of their construction. All three buildings had an abundance of natural light.
*NYC is ever-changing, sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse* One of the most recent "worse"
developments is the crowding of the Chrysler building by a new skyscraper -- Check out that monstrosity!
That chandelier is amazing! The tryptic alright. Personally think if it was another sculptural element (like the skyline chandelier) it’d tie in better.
I love all your tours. Especially the silent tour of moynihan train hall and this one. I'm teaching my students about trains in Spanish but I think its important to see how they work but since in OKC we don't have massive train stations like NYC and because of covid we can't take field trips this is a great experience. Thank you.
Senator Danielle Patrick Moynihan used to shine shoes in the original Penn Station, which is why he became an advocate of recreating the grandeur of the original Penn Station, which helped lead to the post office becoming part of Penn Station and a part of his dream.
Union Station in Chicago had the concourse torn down, but we saved the Great Hall!
You mentioned about train service from the U.S. to Canada (20:40). Yes, there’s regular Amtrak service between Vancouver, Seattle and Portland (not sure it’s running at the moment due to the pandemic). However, the Vancouver/Seattle leg is about 3 to 4 hours with stops and there’s a study looking into replacing the route with high-speed rail, which would be awesome to have up and running.
I really do hope there's more high speed rail in the US overall. We are being left behind by Europe and China
@@UrbanistExploringCities I know! It's the same here in Canada. I've travelled on both the Thalys and the ICE a few times - such nice trains!
Great job as always Ariel. It is beautiful work they did at the Amtrak side, but they are also trying to improve Penn Station. It is not much that they can do in the "basement" of the building. So I give them credit also people just pass by the station, they don't stay there for hours.
all right, very nice job. *Thanks*
in addition,
William Kendall designed the Post Office while at McKim, Mead & White. McKim passed away 1909, the building was compled 1914. White left in 1906. The postal motto on the exterior is Kendall's. Later, he designed the City Municipal Building downtown.
A.J. Cassett, President of PRR, also build the North River Tunnels under the Hudson River for Penn Staion. Although the tunnels are in need of repair neither New Jersey or New York City can afford to.
The Architectural firm of SOM (Sidmore, Owings, Merrill) designed Moynihan Station leaving the orginal metal trusses in place.
Pieter Pennnoyer designed the clock.
The orginal Post Office had 21 tracks same as today. Perhaps Penn South will remedy the demand for more trains. But, its a start.
Another reason the PRR didn't build a tall building over Madison Square Garden was the supporting columns would have been too wide at the basement tracks squeezing them out. When A.J. Cassett wanted a hotel over Penn Station the same reason was given although it would have helped finance the station.
Pigeon droppings ...? Have owls nested on the roof?
As commented below, its the two legged rodents that will be infesting the station that needs to addressed.
Again, nice job
I think you have freight train Theory wrong. I do believe with the new bigger and longer freight trains, and the final miles Theory, the autonomous trucks will be doing the last couple miles of the route. Because Interstate Road system does not have a viability for all of these trucks.
That non advertising video wall actually has places, structures in NY. NY Capitol building, West Point, Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, Washington Square Park Arch and Brooklyn Bridge were a few I caught.
The "rebirth" of Penn Station is a good news for fans of architecture and railfans worldwide and I am one.
And the return to streets of streetcars or trolleycars or trams, I think that is the next pending choice in public transportation in your city. New York was pioneer in the use in 19th Century, and also was the first with classic PCCs streamlined streetcars in normal service.
A suggestion for a future video. City Hall subway station, out of use for passengers but not for trains because is a loop at the end of a line. It´s a fantastic example of Catalan Modernist style (our local branch of Art Nouveau here in Barcelona and Catalonia plus other sites), designed by Valencian architect Rafael Guastavino and his Guastavino Proof Company, with other constructions in the city, I remember Oister Bar and Restaurant inside Grand Central Station, or Register´s Room in Ellis Island.
Beautiful open
Moynihan was a Senator for 24
years, not 16. 1977 to 2001.
It may not be perfect, but it is SO much better than the basement across the street!
Great tour, Ariel ! The arched steel beams are from the old Penn Station.
US Senator's term length is 6 years so 4 terms would be 24 years. So Senator Moynihan was a NY Senator for 24 years.
The Architectural Critic who you quote is Yale Professor Vincent Scully.
NPR had a segment on the new station today on Here and Now.
Coming from the U.K. my wife and I found Penn station like a rabbit warren. We got a cab back to Newark airport. Ha,ha.
There is a problem with this video. Parts of the video are right-left reversed. That adds a complication if you want to use the video to learn how to navigate the stations.
So informative! Traveling for the first time via the Moynihan Train Hall. I'll have much more clarity now as I enter and move about. Thank you!
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All that space and no public seating of any kind on the main floor, not even a bench, unless you are paying for the "courtesy" at Amtrak or fast food spot.
This is the way developers think.
They don't really want you there,
Just keep it moving.
Right, I too wish they would design hubs like these that felt more friendly.
@@UrbanistExploringCities it's the privatization of public spaces.
check out the old penn station destroyed in 1963
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18:30 what vibe does the clock have? - "opulist" ?
I like this chennel 👍💪
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Driverless trucks are a long long way off replacing rail freight for one trucks can’t transport the volume required and driverless trucks are more hype than anything practical at least for a few decades. Just think how many tens of thousand of people would be put out of work by driverless trucks. The U.S is also 30 years behind the times with high speed rail.
Daniel Moynihan buen senador
.... I wonder now if cities of the future will ever be built as this one .... a modern day Rome ... a city I could say i participated in its construction for a period in my life when I was young and strong ..... like my ancestors before me who constructed the great aqueducts.... I did my part here in this new age paradise .... as millions of young men in there prime can also claim there fame quietly amongst friends and families ..... a toast to everyone of them . ..
The whole entire train system in america especially amtrak should be all electrified and with the wasting money on airlines shift those funds to the rail system in the US so we can have high speed rail to canada mexico and so on. Can't wait to go through that new complex.
ARIEL, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD ON THE CONDITION OF CEILINGS OF NY TRAIN STATIONS IN N.Y. NOT VERY GOOD AND NOT WELL MAINTINED. CHECK OUT YOUR VIDEOS.
love this guy...could be the brother I never had. subscribed.
4 terms is 24 years.. 6 year term for a senator. You said 16 years.
I like the historical dialogue researching facts is a wonderful journey ..... but making up your own based on your own New York experience is even better.... nobody sees NYC in the same way ...
thanks and praise
His majesty talking to his rich associates and then the commoners. 😂 1:12:27
The new LI Concourse is not so bad?
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You stated he served 4 terms in the Senate for a total of 16 years. How is that, as a Senate term is for 6 years?
My mistake! I mixed up the term lengths. It’s 24 years. :)
WOW!!! STARBUCKS REQUIRED BY LAW IN EVERY TRAIN STATION, STATE.
The New York Central Building was demolished to make way for the Pan Am Building; in its day the New York Central Building was quite a sight in its own right.
Senators have a six year term. So he was senator for 24 years, not 16.
If you do Grand Central, the very first
movie scene ever shot there was in North
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Hi, also, an interesting fact that I discovered only recently, namely the city of Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, ( which I came from) practically owns the same territory as New York, so that Tbilisi is one of the not small cities from Southeast Europe. Here some pictures from Tbilisi:
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Also, just in case, about Georgians, Georgia ( country by Black Sea, Caucasus, Southeast Europe) Thing is that Georgians in Caucasus, Etruscans in Italy, Corsicans in Corsica, Picts in Britain, Spanish Iberians in Spain and other Iberian, Ibero/ Celtic peoples have same ethno, ethnic origin and represent Iberian race, Iberian, Ibero/ Celtic peoples of Europe and this is why all these listed peoples ( together with originality of each of these ethno, ethnic peoples) have similarities, identical in different forms of culture, in folk music, dance, in ancient architectural style and so on. Also Georgians cultures of different historical times are European ( together with their own culture/ cultures, influences with different European cultures, beginning from ancient times, influences with ancient Greek civilizations, cultures, with Roman cultures, later with Byzantine/East Roman culture, with Catholic Europe and other European cultures during all historical periods in history of Georgians, Georgia ) and of course, all these things proven historically/scientifically by World's, European ( including Georgian) historians/scientists, and this is why Georgians ( Georgia's) European/Western way is absolutely naturally and historically right way to returning to their European roots, which means their true Georgians roots in this South- Eastern, Caucasus region of Europe, where Georgia itself is located and this is how vast majority of Georgians consider themselves and their country.
In addition, I note that Georgians, like Corsicans, Picts, Etruscans, Spanish Iberians and other peoples belong to the Iberian race, the Iberian peoples of Europe and have a kinship etno relationship to Celts through those peoples who have both Iberian and Celtic ethno origin, these last, such peoples live in a certain part of Spain, Britain, Scotland and so on., and there is also a historical opinion that a certain part of the Celts was also mixed with the West Georgian ethnic peoples in their time. From all that has been said, Georgians also have an ethno-cultural attitude towards the Celts in a certain way, which also manifests itself in certain Georgian folk songs, melodies, in dances, for example, the dance "Khorumi" and so on, also proven by archaeological / cultural data. There are also 3 Iberian, Spanish Iberia, Georgian Iberia and Irish Iberia, etc. It is through these mentioned factors that Georgians also have an ethnically related relationship with the Celts
About the ethnic appearance of Georgians, here are some examples:
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Also, just in case, about faith, religion of Georgians.
About 97/98% of Georgians are Christians, Orthodox Christians are dominant, there are also Georgians Catholics (The positive role, the share of Georgian Catholics in the history of Georgia, in the culture of Georgians, Georgia is also huge. Before there were much more Georgian Catholics ), Protestants and other Christians.
Just in case, also here some pictures of Georgia ( country by Black Sea):
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Great video. This is a good start for Penn Station. Hopefully they will correct the architectural sin that was demolishing the original Penn (where Madison Square Garden stands), enhance and expand the original Station and creates something where people can once again “... enter New York City like God’s”.
No offense but your comments on freight rail are laughable. Do you realize the number of trucks that would be needed to replace trains and the congestion and wear that would cause on the road network. Rail is a much more energy efficient means of transportation than road even with electric vehicles. Amtrak doesn't operate freight rail and in fact most of tracks Amtrak uses (the northeast corridor being the big exception) are owned by freight railroads, and their freight systems are so much larger than the tracks shown on the Amtrak system map. Not to be mean to Amtrak but there are huge swaths of the country that they don't serve with passenger rail but have tons of freight rail traffic. Yes passenger numbers have been slowly growing over the last couple decades but Amtrak started at such a low historical point in ridership that the increase still pales in comparison to the past and to freight volumes, the reason Amtrak even exists is because passenger rail had turned into such a low volume money pit that the railroad companies wanted to rid themselves of it and focus on the much larger and growing freight business (the northeast had some additional historical complications due too many competing railroads and capacity that made freight unprofitable for a time there too in the 60s to 80s, but that was a regional and price regulation problem)
Now, what if your last name is Moynihan?
The Vermonter goes from DC to Penn, Connecticut, a bit of Mass to almost the top of Vermont. Popular with students at elite schools including Yale ( New Haven). It stops a million times and is very slow. The Empire from Moynihan to Albany takes about 2.5 hrs and there are lots of trains all day. The actual current LIRR is a hel-scape. Worse than ever and the signage doesn’t tell you which each train is stopping. It’s horrible and is now filthy and confusing. Service is spotty. I have an Iphone 12 with 256 storage services now by AT&T and I often can’t get a connection to check out the LIRR train route online.
Jackie saved many landmarks when she got behind saving Grand Central which is incredibly beautiful.
Amtrak does go to Montreal but not Toronto!
Amtrak has service to both Montreal and Toronto. The Adirondack and the Maple Leaf respectively. Service was suspended during COVID-19. Service has since been restored to Toronto as of June 27, 2022. Service to Montreal has yet to be reinstated as of September 5, 2022.
Apostrophe catastrophe in the title.
Did Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis saved many old buildings in NYC in the past ?
Jackie O defo worked to save Grand Central Terminal from demolition.
@@merccadoosis8847 ahh oke ...thnx !
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The degree of misinformation in your video is astounding. Please, before you publish on UA-cam (or any other venue, for that matter), do your homework.
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The secret is that they completely destroyed another beautiful Victorian piece of architecture with cheap steel panels some banners and neon lights. They improve the West 34th Street area by making uglier and uglier. By the way this guy know absolutely nothing. He must be hard up for advertising money.
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By Monday a freak show.. People urinating begging harassing people...PennStation is is an escalator ride away
I dont like this train hall because you need to look in the most uncovinet place to see when you train is borading
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What are you talking about man this guy can’t speak he stutters and stumbles over every word
Pathetic attempt to bring back the old Penn Station, looks like a generic shopping mall.
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