Moynihan Train Hall Renovation -

A New Era for the James A. Farley Building

On New Year's Day 2021, Moynihan Train Hall opened to the public and restored a grand entrance to New York City lost since the mid-1960s, when the original Pennsylvania Station, a McKim, Mead & White masterpiece built in 1910, was demolished. The new facility is an adaptive reuse of the landmarked James A. Farley General Post Office Building, also designed by McKim, Mead & White in 1912, located across Either Avenue to the west of the current Penn Station head house.

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Speaker Bio:

Brian Falconer, PE, SE

Mr. Falconer has been with Severud Associates since 1990 and in the role of principal since 2007. Duering his more than 25-year tenure with the firm, Mr. Falconer has contributed to the design or renovation of structures ranging from academic facilities, museums, architectural stairs, and retail buildings to  medical complexes, residential buildings, corporate headquarters, and transportation facilities.  As a result of this extensive experience, he has become an expert at designing structures using a wide range of materials and systems including long-span, high-rise, structural steel, reinforced concrete, composite construction, precast concrete, masonry, timber, cold-rolled steel, aluminum, and glass. Mr. Falconer has collaborated on many architectural gems and award-winning structures like Moynihan Station, the Barnes Foundation, the Singh Center, the World Trade Center PATH Station, and the Belfer Research Building. Actively engaged in the engineering community at large, Mr. Falconer once served as president of the Structural Engineer’s Association of New York and is currently a member of the New York City Department of Buildings Structural Committee, the Structural Engineering Institute’s Earthquake Effects and Structural Fire Protection committees, and the Concrete Industry Board. He also authored parts of the 2008 and 2014 Building Code of the City of New York.