Pennsylvania Station (1910–1963) - Wikipedia
Pennsylvania Station (often abbreviated to Penn Station) was a historic railroad station in New York City that was built for, named after, and originally occupied by the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR). The station occupied an 8-acre (3.2 ha) plot bounded by Seventh and Eighth Avenues and 31st and 33rd Streets in Midtown Manhattan .
It's time to leave Penn Station alone - New York Post
Oct 19, 2024 · Penn Station may never again evoke the glory of its disappeared original, but the new version is no longer deserving of widespread derision.
Original Penn Station Wasn't Always Perfect, Archicritic Argues
Dec 30, 2015 · Though preservationists and historians decry the station's destruction, Dunlap argues that "the Penn Station that was torn down between 1963 and 1966 was scarcely the building it had been a...
The Moynihan Train Hall’s Glorious Arrival | The New Yorker
Jan 13, 2021 · But because it was filmed on location in New York—and because its director was a twenty-seven-year-old photographer named Stanley Kubrick—it’s worth watching for the first scene and the last,...
Guide to New York Penn Station and Moynihan Train Hall / …
Maps and diagrams of New York Penn Station and Moynihan Train Hall - floorplans with layout of Amtrak, NJ Transit, LIRR, the subway, stores, restaurants, elevators, platforms and tracks.
Vintage NYC Photos: A 17-Year Old Stanley Kubrick Takes on New York …
Sep 9, 2015 · From hidden remnants of old Penn Station to our favorite NYC book recs, discover which stories you read most last year! When Stanley Kubrick was just 17 years old, he began working at LOOK...
Penn Station and the Rise of Historic Preservation
May 8, 2012 · On July 25, 1961, the New York Times published the first mention of the relocation of Madison Square Garden to the site of Penn Station. What’s intriguing about this article is that the developers meant to keep the original station waiting room as part of the new facility.
The Destruction of Penn Station - The Bowery Boys: New York City …
The original Penn Station, constructed in 1910 and designed by New York’s greatest Gilded Age architectural firm, was more than just a building. Since its destruction in the 1960s, the station has become something mythic, a sacrificial lamb to the cause of historic preservation.
The Destruction of Penn Station: How New York City Lost Its …
Jun 13, 2023 · In the New York of old, 'one entered the city like a god. One scuttles in now like a rat.' When he wrote those words, architectural historian Vincent Scully issued what has ended up as the definitive judgment of Pennsylvania Station.
Four Versions: This Is How Penn Station, NY, Might Look if Rebuilt
Jun 13, 2024 · We are now presenting three different variations on McKim’s original design authored by Cameron: a complete reconstruction, a partial reconstruction minus Madison Square Garden that leaves Two Pennsylvania Plaza in place, and a version that leaves both MSG and Two Penn Plaza in place.