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Not everyone is thrilled about the $152 million renovation of the George Washington Bus Station approved by the Port Authority. In order to make room for more buses and additional retail space, the deal that was approved Thursday will force out the station's current tenants. Those include a credit union, dentist's office and an OTB. The Times describes the scene as "the kind of place people forget is a bus station." But that will all change as the Port Authority wipes the slate clean and massively revamps what has become mostly a local hangout. The current business owners feel that they are getting slighted after years of trying to to make the best of a ramshackle building not fully air conditioned with missing ceiling tiles and a large homeless population that makes use of the space. One owner gripes, “They never did the right thing for the building. They’ve really taken care of this building as a stepchild.”
George Washington Bus Station Prepares for Overhaul
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Years ago, there used to be long distance bus service at the GW Bus terminal; Trailways used to depart the 42nd street terminal and stop there before taking Route 95 North across the Bronx or 95 South/80 West across the bridge. Now, that area has been taken over by the cheap vans that cross the bridge. Better than having the place abandoned, I suppose.
Surprisingly, Santiago Calatrava visited the GW station to look at its roof design by Pier Luigi Nervi (which was very modernistic and celebrated when it was first built) to get inspiration for the WTC transit hub station that he later designed. Sadly, it appears that Calatrava's unique addition to the NYC skyline might be as likely to be built as the movie multiplex and the Barnes and Noble proposed for the GW station.
finally! this station is a dump and has great potential as a transit hub.
Great architecture allowed to go stale. This renovation should reveal this gem once more and give a boost to the GW and the neighborhood.
The Port Authority make Bear Stearns look like Warren Buffett