Hello, it's Miranda. I'm back with a new mini episode of Podforce One. This feature is a little

more topical and relevant to my job as a columnist for The New York Post. Today's topic is about the

hotly contested battle in New York City to rebuild the dingy rattle of Penn Station,

and now it's engulfed the Oval Office.

Thanks to having a hometown builder-in-chief in the White House, New York has a once-in-a-lifetime

opportunity to create an iconic landmark in the dingiest part of Midtown, which would rival

Rockefeller Centre, Central Park and the Empire State Building. At the same time, the squalid

underground rat hole, we call Penn Station, would become an uplifting experience for the

hundreds of thousands of downtrodden commuters who feel

disrespected every day when they pass through. But the long-promised Penn Station redevelopment

still may end up as a mediocre compromise because of the big stumbling block of Madison Square

Garden, which sits right on top of everything like King Kong dressed as a giant trash can.

James Dolan, who owns the garden, did not respond to inquiries Friday, but previously he has

been adamant that his prize building is staying where it is.

Quote, I'm not going to move Madison Square Garden, he said in 2023.

It's in a good place right now, end quote.

Of at least three plans submitted to the Federal Transportation Department's beauty contest for the redevelopment,

only one, backed by the Grand Penn Alliance, involves moving Madison Square Garden to a vacant block across the road

to make way for a soaring classical architectural masterpiece, even better than the beautiful

landmark that was demolished in 1964. And its proponents say it won't take any longer to build.

After news broke last month that President Donald Trump was open to the idea of replacing

Madison Square Garden with the state-of-the-art new stadium across the road,

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