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Posted by murray1575 on Sat Sep 4 07:35:22 2010, in response to Re: Penn Station 100th Anniversary?, posted by Wallyhorse on Sat Sep 4 05:37:37 2010. Don't forget that when the original station was conceived and built no one could have predicted the extent of the rapid growth which occurred in the following years (in no small part due to Penn Station and Grand Central's existence). When the station opened no subway line even existed to serve it; that didn't happen until 1918 (IRT) and 1932 (IND). Nor could anyone have predicted the other factors such as the rapid expansion of auto and air travel after WWII which led to the decline in fortunes of the railroads. However I agree that somehow something could have been done to preserve at least part of the station as was done with Grand Central. |
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