Is this the ugliest building in New York?

Make your voice heard: Testify at Community Board 5’s Land Use Committee hearing Wednesday, March 8th at 6 pm. The disastrous Hochul / Vornado plan for Pennsylvania Station is sinking fast, but New York sports legend Yogi Berra reminds us that it ain’t over till it’s over.

Our testimony:

• You cannot build a world-class train station in the basement of a run-down sports arena.
• Pennsylvania Station and Madison Square Garden don’t suffer from blight, they are the blight.
• The once world-famous Garden is not even one of the fifty-best places in America to watch sports.

Background: Madison Square Garden is owned by the Dolan family. Almost ten years ago, the New York City Council gave the family ten years to find a new home. The head of the family business threw a very public temper tantrum recently, but at the last CB5 hearing an MSG VP surprised everyone when he said the company might be willing to move.

Good News, Bad News:

• State Senator Comrie told Governor Hochul her plan is dead (see the video here).
• Senator Schumer told Governor Hochul to compromise with the neighbors.
• The Daily News agrees the Garden should move. (The New Yorker agrees, sort of).
• Streetsblog says Governor Hochul’s giveaway makes less sense than ever.
• James Dolan is using facial recognition software to ban his “enemies” from the garden.

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