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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 .
Nov 7, 2017 · When Pennsylvania Station first opened in 1910, it was a far cry from the confusing maze of underground tunnels that it is today. The building, which covered eight acres in midtown Manhattan,...
- The Old Penn Station
- Demolishing A Landmark
- Penn Station, Resurrected
Before it was reduced into the confusing underground labyrinth that it is now, Pennsylvania Station — simply referred to as Penn Station these days — was an architectural marvel. The old Penn Station was built in 1910 after it was commissioned by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company (PRC) as a means for commuters to get across the Hudson River without...
Sadly, however, the novelty of Penn Station's grandeur wore off and reality set in. The train boom that the Pennsylvania Railroad Company had been banking on, which would have driven revenue from the stream of passengers commuting through the newly built station, did not come to fruition. Though the old Penn Station served 100 million passengers ye...
Ironically, train ridership in and out of the city through Penn Station has grown tremendously since the fall of the old transit hub. Once considered an unnecessarily expensive endeavor, Penn Station — the new station constructed completely underground — is now the busiest terminal in the country. Today, nearly 650,000 commuter rail and Amtrak ride...
Apr 24, 2019 · Demolished more than half a century ago, the former Pennsylvania Station by McKim, Mead & White was hardly the first great building in town to face the wrecking ball. The Lenox Library by...
Feb 18, 2014 · The tunnels terminated in what was one of the greatest architectural achievements of its time, Pennsylvania Station. Penn Station covered nearly eight acres, extended two city blocks, and...
Constructed for the Pennsylvania Railroad, Penn Station, a New York City landmark, epitomized Beaux-Arts architecture when completed in 1910 by the renowned firm McKim, Mead, and White. Renowned for its grandiose interiors and distinct waiting areas, it became a key transportation and architectural icon.
Oct 28, 2013 · Fifty years ago today, on October 28, 1963, destruction began on the original Pennsylvania Station in New York.
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