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Re: Penn Station 100th Anniversary? |
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Posted by Alan Follett on Sat Sep 4 12:32:42 2010, in response to Re: Penn Station 100th Anniversary?, posted by Wallyhorse on Sat Sep 4 05:37:37 2010. > While it was the single worst decision ever made, it needs to be> remembered it was done in a time with a completely different > mentality as opposed to what would be in place just a few years > later (though that said, as magnificent as that station clearly > was, it's replacement was not completely bad, and I suspect the > original would have been eventually altered quite a bit even if > most of the original had not been torn down). Indeed, the original station had already been altered considerably by the time of its demolition: the flooring-over of the concourse area, which occurred fairly early in the station's history and was bad for train-watchers but likely a functional improvement, creating a great deal of additional milling room; and the installation of the "flying saucer" ticket office in the late 1950's. Alan Follett Hercules, CA |
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