Could We Really Get a Good Penn Station?

A daily mix of stories about cities, city life, and our always evolving neighborhoods and skylines. [Curbed]( THURSDAY, MAY 6 STREET VIEW [Could We Really Get a Good Penn Station?]( Yet another wisp of hope. Art: Courtesy of the MTA Maybe it’s spring, or the sprightly pace of vaccinations, or the spell of Democratic Washington. Perhaps it’s the lyrical cadence of the word infrastructure. Whatever the trigger, conversations about public transportation that not long ago seemed hopeless and abstract now ring with specificity. Mobility activists are quivering with excitement: [The president loves trains](! Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg speaks with aplomb about a wide range of transit minutiae, from bike lanes to [starfighter shields](. Andrew Cuomo dangles the joys of commuting by rail, in part because being seen as the state’s master builder may be the key to staying in his job. Even more astonishing, much of this optimism centers on that long-festering sinkhole at the center of the city, Penn Station. [Continue reading »]( Never miss a story from Curbed: [Subscribe now.]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( The Latest [Peatónito the Pedestrian Superhero Is Finishing Up Grad School at UCLA Mexico City’s masked defender of walkers is now tackling the dangerous streets of Los Angeles.]( By Alissa Walker [What’s a Crown Heights Supermarket Worth? It’s a lifeline to local residents. It’s also a valuable development site. You can guess where this story is headed.]( [Why Did Food52 Just Buy Dansk? The site’s founder Amanda Hesser says she’s going to dig into the archives for reissues and sign up contemporary designers to create new lines.]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read More From Curbed]( Give Mom the gift of [award-winning journalism]( this Mother’s Day with 60% off gift subscriptions to New York. [GIVE NEW YORK]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe](param=curbed) | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on e-mail newsletters please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 11th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2021, All rights reserved