Plan for Baltimore’s new central train station

Chris Webster · **Joined:** Sat Aug 25, 2007 12:45 am **Posts:** 1087

An interesting October 16, 2020 article in The Architect's Newspaper:

Quote:

The railroad service and development group Penn Station Partners unveiled preliminary designs this week for a three-level building that will essentially replace Murchison’s landmark Pennsylvania Station, opened in 1911, as the new main terminal for rail passengers traveling to and from Baltimore.

Plans by Gensler call for a glassy, three-level building that will be constructed on the north side of the train tracks running through the city, the eighth busiest stop in Amtrak’s network that sees more than three million passengers a year.

The new structure will be connected by an existing concourse over the tracks to Murchison’s station at 1515 N. Charles Street, on the south side of the tracks. The existing station will be preserved and leased for commercial use, including offices on the upper floors and shops and restaurants at street level, with Quinn Evans serving as the architect for the core and shell.

Link to full the story, which includes rendering of the planned station:
Gensler reveals Baltimore’s new central train station

EJ Berry · **Posted:** Mon Nov 09, 2020 10:05 pm

The DL&W Station in Scranton is a sister station to Penn Station, Baltimore, and is very similar but not identical. It's now a Radisson Hotel. DL&W had added a floor of office space to the top of the building. Steamtown uses a boarding platform to the West of the DL&W Station.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radisson_ ... tion_Hotel

I do note the drawings of the new station do not include the huge 51 foot tall statue, sometimes described as the robot Gort from "The Day the Earth Stood Still," which is currently in front of Penn Station.

Phil Mulligan

scratchyX1 · **Joined:** Tue Jul 14, 2020 12:17 pm **Posts:** 159

Chris Webster wrote:

An interesting October 16, 2020 article in The Architect's Newspaper:

Quote:

The railroad service and development group Penn Station Partners unveiled preliminary designs this week for a three-level building that will essentially replace Murchison’s landmark Pennsylvania Station, opened in 1911, as the new main terminal for rail passengers traveling to and from Baltimore.

Plans by Gensler call for a glassy, three-level building that will be constructed on the north side of the train tracks running through the city, the eighth busiest stop in Amtrak’s network that sees more than three million passengers a year.

The new structure will be connected by an existing concourse over the tracks to Murchison’s station at 1515 N. Charles Street, on the south side of the tracks. The existing station will be preserved and leased for commercial use, including offices on the upper floors and shops and restaurants at street level, with Quinn Evans serving as the architect for the core and shell.

Link to full the story, which includes rendering of the planned station:
Gensler reveals Baltimore’s new central train station

How about restoring the fountain, and move the trasvetitute somewhere else? Like where it can can a shadow on Devine's grave in Towson.

Alexander D. Mitchell IV · **Posted:** Tue Nov 10, 2020 12:16 pm

Just as a background note: The statue currently in front of Penn Station is possibly the most derided, criticized, and condemned piece of public "modern art" in the Northeast, if not the nation. It's considered a city joke, a "monstrosity," a "blight," and worse.

In fact, during the recent "civil unrest" in Baltimore in which several historic statues were senselessly damaged or destroyed as "protest," the common refrain was "Why couldn't they have gone after the one in front of Penn Station instead?!?!?"

scratchyX1 · **Joined:** Tue Jul 14, 2020 12:17 pm **Posts:** 159

Alexander D. Mitchell IV wrote:

Just as a background note: The statue currently in front of Penn Station is possibly the most derided, criticized, and condemned pieces of public "modern art" in the Northeast, if not the nation. It's considered a city joke, a "monstrosity," a "blight," and worse.

In fact, during the recent "civil unrest" in Baltimore in which several historic statues were senselessly damaged or destroyed as "protest," the common refrain was "Why couldn't they have gone after the one in front of Penn Station instead?!?!?"

Maybe it really is some kinda giant robot, which will become active in case of kaiju attack,.