The latest plan includes returning to the train station to its pre-demolition Beaux Arts style amid President Trump's classical architecture mandate.

Expanding the train station, the busiest in the nation, is a pressing issue because construction has just begun on a $16 billion pair of rail tunnels under the Hudson River, the centerpieces of a project known as Gateway, which would double the current cross-Hudson capacity.

Under the plan by the Grand Penn Community Alliance plan, Penn Station will move above ground while Madison Square Garden is relocated.

"Grand Penn" features a public space the size of Bryant Park, a train hall inspired by the original Penn Station, and the relocation of MSG across the street.

Alexandros Washburn, the project lead for the Grand Penn Community Alliance—the interest group behind the proposal—discussed the plan with The New York Times, noting that the new train hall "could double the station’s capacity to 48 trains per hour,

With no movement on plans to redesign and renovate Penn Station, a public interest group is suggesting moving Madison Square Garden across the street and replacing it with a much bigger train station and park.

A bold new plan is reimagining Penn Station, but it hinges on one major change—moving Madison Square Garden across the street to the former Penn Hotel site. The Grand Penn Community Alliance, led by Chief Architect Alex Washburn,