2021 is already ✅
The original Penn Station (demolished 1966) was "the single greatest architectural loss" in NYC.
"The architecture critic Vincent Scully summed up the difference: Through the old station "one entered the city like a good... One scuttles in now like a rat."
The original Penn Station (demolished 1966) was "the single greatest architectural loss" in NYC.
"The architecture critic Vincent Scully summed up the difference: Through the old station "one entered the city like a good... One scuttles in now like a rat."
https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1344322370727800832
Moynihan Train Hall does it justice. It'll be a bit before I'm back on Amtrak regularly, but I'm looking forward to it.
Old Penn Station, for context:
Old Penn Station, for context:
Very reminiscent of the vaulted ceilings, natural light of the original Penn Station.
Looks like "great, slant beams of moted light" will fall "ponderously athwart the station's floor" as Thomas Wolfe said, once again.
Looks like "great, slant beams of moted light" will fall "ponderously athwart the station's floor" as Thomas Wolfe said, once again.
https://twitter.com/MTA/status/1344360612508426248
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