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16 photos and 1 illustration tagged pennsylvaniastation, from 5 members of Flickr Commons.

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• pennstation
• mckimmeadandwhite
• beauxarts
• xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11
• libraryofcongress
• mckimmeadwhite
• newyork
• newyorkcity
• ny
• manhattan
• trainstation
• nyc
• newyorkpennstation
• newyorkpennsylvaniastation
• lirr
• longislandrailroad
• pennsylvaniarailroad
• newyorkpubliclibrary
• railroadstations
• pennsylvania
• seventhavenue
• interiors
• dc:coverage=1937
• railroad

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• The Library of Congress 10 photos & illustrations
• New York Public Library 4 photos & illustrations
• SDASM Archives 1 photo / illustration
• U.S. National Archives 1 photo / illustration
• British Library 1 photo / illustration

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Passengers line up in New York City's Grand Central Station to buy tickets for Amtrak passenger trains, 04/1974.

from U.S. National Archives

• TVL1970 said:

  This is actually the concourse/rotunda in New York Pennsylvania Station (post-Madison Square Garden construction).

• The U.S. National Archives said:

  Thanks, TVL1970! You are correct. This is Penn Station, not Grand Central Terminal. We will work to update our descriptive data on this image. Jerry (U.S. National Archives)

Penn Station, Interior, Manhattan.

from New York Public Library

• 7 older comments, and then…
• Margaret Maloney said:

  Gaaaaaah. This is gorgeous. Why on earth did they tear this down?

• jon-christian suggs said:

  See the same interior in Stanley Kubrick's 1955 film, "Killer's Kiss." It is starkly beautiful.

• tgva325 said:

  Was called "progress"...

• Rick Aiello said:

  Breathtaking. Absolutely breathtaking.

• Dendroica cerulea said:

  I wish Penn Station still looked like this.

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

from The Library of Congress

• 1 older comment, and then…
• 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.