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Penn. RR Station from Gimbel's N.Y. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

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  • Linda said:
    And to think that this beautiful building was torn down and replaced by ugly Madison Square Garden. And now they want to replace MSG! Thanks so much to the LOC for sharing these great archival photos. Please add lots more.
  • Dan said:
    Well said chocolatepoint!
  • EddopusComplex said:
    I've seen the PBS history on this. It was the NYcity's biggest and well know tragedies in architectural history.
  • marysz said:
    The only traces left of this great station are some of the stairways to the station platforms and the platforms themselves. The destruction of the old Penn Station was a civic disgrace.
  • tgva325 said:
    It was called "progress"... at least now the Madison must be turned down and a new station built in that place, similar to the old building.

Penn. R.R. Station from Gimbel shop N.Y. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

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  • aware health said:
    This is what the site looks like now: www.visitingdc.com/images/madison-square-garden-address.jpg Pity.
  • Thundering Work said:
    I can see what you mean. It sure is a terrible pity indeed. Why did they destroy such a magnificent work of architecture?
  • Amanda French said:
    Oh, they thought it was progress, I guess. Cf. the relevant speech in "Mad Men." One good thing about it, though, is that the whole movement of historic landmark preservation was apparently much strengthened by the destruction of Penn Station: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Landmarks_Preservatio...
  • Frank Emanuele said:
    It was a travesty. I'm 22 years old and a New Yorker. It breaks my heart to see the Penn Station that was.
  • Caraway Seed said:
    They didn't think it was progress, even at the time everyone realized what a tragedy it was. However, the station was privately owned, by the Pennsylvania Rail Company, which was bleeding red ink thanks the Robert Moses and the Interstate Highway Act. The destroyed the station to get money, specifically a 25% stake in Madison Square Garden. It was a business decision by a company that was failing and desperate to do anything to try to bring in revenue.

Mrs. J. Stewart Barney (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • misschristieee said:
    I liked this picture because she has this aura of importance in it. She seemed like she was a "somebody". After searching her name I found out that she was a member of the Colony Club, an organization that was comprised of some of New York's brightest women.
  • Wystan said:
    They are in front of the Newport Casino, in the resort city of Newport, Rhode Island -- shown here in another Bain/LOC photo: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/4036734355/