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**Haibundadam** · 07-30-2012, 05:48 PM

Yeah, the 30th St lobby is a much more enjoyable experience than the Penn Station lobby even. Penn Station has people crammed together in the middle like a pack of jackals.

that waiting area in penn station just makes a bad situation worse. 'naveen, I don't dislike suburban, I find it very functional as a commuter station. the problems at penn are much more complex. at suburban they widened platforms, at penn, they can't, so they're stuck with the original narrow platforms...and of course the price of land probably forced the pennsy's hand even back then. If I could do one thing, I suppose, it would be extend suburban slightly further east and bring in some daylight via LOVE Park, it's one of the better elements of market east. fwiw, the "alley" with the dumpsters at suburban was designed to be the taxi area. for an in city commuter terminal, it's designed fairly well. union, gct, penn, and 30th were all intercity stations.

07-30-2012, 05:48 PM	#11
Haibundadam Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 434 Senior Member	Yeah, the 30th St lobby is a much more enjoyable experience than the Penn Station lobby even. Penn Station has people crammed together in the middle like a pack of jackals. that waiting area in penn station just makes a bad situation worse. 'naveen, I don't dislike suburban, I find it very functional as a commuter station. the problems at penn are much more complex. at suburban they widened platforms, at penn, they can't, so they're stuck with the original narrow platforms...and of course the price of land probably forced the pennsy's hand even back then. If I could do one thing, I suppose, it would be extend suburban slightly further east and bring in some daylight via LOVE Park, it's one of the better elements of market east. fwiw, the "alley" with the dumpsters at suburban was designed to be the taxi area. for an in city commuter terminal, it's designed fairly well. union, gct, penn, and 30th were all intercity stations.
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