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ahhh, the beauty....
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Without a doubt, the greatest architectural loss New York has ever suffered.
what a shame...I had no idea Alex Casset was behind the design...it was lovely.
Ahh the beauty was right.
I can't believe the city tore down the old Penn Station and put up that monstrosity that is there now.
Whoever signed off on that should spend the rest of his life as Bernie Madoff's roommate.
another reason I remain AGAINST progress
I cannot believe they tore down that beautiful structure and replaced it with that sterile piece of architectural crap!
I'm devastated. I just assumed, if I ever visited, this is what I'd find. (There are some ghost figures in the second from last photo.)
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That's just crazy and wrong.
I can't believe they did that! How awful!
And I don't see any Hudson News, Dunkin' Donuts or Houlihan's in the old Penn Station!
So sad. Do you know why?
don't know why, haven't read that far in the book yet, ....but I imagine it was developers hungry to replace it with Madison Square Garden.
I agree with Ming. Unbelievable!
Maybe we can start a campaign to have it rebuilt. Can you imagine the difference it would make in the daily grind of NYC commuters if they could walk through a beautiful building like Cassatts as opposed to what they must walk through now?
What a shock looking at the last photo!!! How was this possible???
Its actually a traversty that it was destroyed. The original looks every bit as fine as Grand Central Station. Such a shame.
The US Post office, which lies directly across the street from Penn station, is equally stunning. Before the economic collapse there were plans to move Penn Station into the post office.
This is horrifying. I had no idea that Penn was ever that glorious. WOw. Just, wow.
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I am stunned. Literally stunned that they would tear it down.
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There are some extraordinary photos on this forum thread:
http://wirednewyork.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16934
Thanks Brooks, that is the most complete and thorough site I've seen on Penn Station. Enough to make one cry.
Wow, I travel through Penn everyday, and rat maze it is! Newburgh went through it's own "Urban Renewal" too. This is such a same, it was absolutely gorgeous! But at least the pictures remain..
".....that is the most complete and thorough site I've seen on Penn Station. Enough to make one cry."
No kidding, Ken. You'd think we'd learn from our mistakes, wouldn't you? You'd think.
Enjoying your photos very much. Thanks.
What a beautiful building that was!!
I will never understand that post-war period when linoleum, formica, and florescent lights were considered superior to stone and iron.
The one good thing that came out of Penn Stations destruction was the beginning of the preservation movement.
There's long been a plan to replace fugly Penn with a Moynihan Station built into the beautiful Farley Post Office right across 8th Avenue. Not clear if it's ever going to happen, but it should -- would be a decent successor to the original Penn.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Farley_Post_Office
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