Yes, I could go on with yet another rant about the lack of vision and the outright crime of destroying the most beautiful railway station this city has ever seen. But I won't go there.
Instead I will show the remaining scraps of what is left over from the destruction that happened 50 years ago.
Designed by McKim, Mead, and White and completed in 1910.
The original Pennsylvania Station was a masterpiece of the Beaux-Arts style.
A single ornate stair frame still exist today.
Once a grand area of space and light
The lower tracks and stairs were lit by natural light the shown thru the glass roof as well as the glass square flooring inside the station. Seen above
The original glass floor can be seen from most of the track areas to this day.
Exiting tracks 12 into the cathedral of iron and glass. Circa 1958.
Illuminated by natural light.
Exiting track 12 today to a cramped area with ten foot drop ceiling lit with fluorescents.
