Amtrak’s Penn Station plan includes loads of public benches, a rarity in NYC

Long, wooden benches are a key feature in the Penn Station design pushed by Amtrak and the Trump administration.

Seats keep disappearing from the public realm in New York City as part of a hostile architecture trend meant to discourage people — many of them homeless — from loitering or sleeping. But the Trump administration is pushing a deisgn that would load up Penn Station with benches. [ more › ]