 The first part of the process was the construction of a new train station, for which the streets and blocks near it were cleared and realigned to allow the creation of a small park.Architects McKim, Mead and White gave the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad a significant Second Renaissance Revival building, capped by a clock tower based on the Torre del Mangia that has since become a symbol of the city.After three years of construction, it was completed and opened in 1909.