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Nov 22, 2020 · Old Penn. Station // 1910-1963. Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan was opened in 1910, and its sheer scale immediately evoked a sense of awe. At the time it was completed, it was the largest building ever built occupying two entire city blocks, and boasted the biggest waiting room in history. Over 500 buildings were demolished for the station to ...
Oct 5, 2018 · New York City’s original Pennsylvania Station was a monument to movement and an expression of American economic power. In 1902, the noted firm McKim, Mead and White was selected by the President ...
Other articles where Pennsylvania Station is discussed: Western architecture: United States: …New York City (1894–98), and Pennsylvania Station, New York City (1902–11; demolished in 1963); the last is a mighty adaptation of the Baths of Caracalla and a reminder that the Roman baths exercised a powerful influence on the imagination of architects from at least the time of Donato Bramante.
The original Pennsylvania Station was one of New York City’s most significant landmarks during the first half of the twentieth century, a palace in the middle of Manhattan. The majestic building stood in New York City from 1910 to 1963, but its memory continues to live to day.
Feb 18, 2014 · Narrator: November 27, 1910, was a day New Yorkers had been anticipating for nearly a decade.Pennsylvania Station, a monumental train terminal in the heart of Manhattan, finally opened to the ...
Nov 15, 2012 · Here, on the anniversary of Pennsylvania Station’s November 27, 1910, opening, LIFE.com offers a number photos — many of which never ran in LIFE — shot by Walker Evans for a 1963 feature ...
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