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(61,661 posts) Mon Oct 28, 2019, 12:21 PM Oct 2019

"One entered the city like a god; one scuttles in now like a rat." -- Penn Station, NYC, 1910 - 1963

Demolition of the old Penn Station, New York City, began this week 1963.

Rerun from two years ago, prompted by Michael Beschloss:

Sign posted as old Penn Station demolition begins, New York City, 1963:

Link to tweet

"One entered the city like a god; one scuttles in now like a rat." -- Penn Station, NYC, 1910 - 1963

“One entered the city like a god. One scuttles in now like a rat.”
by JOHN MASSENGALE posted on OCTOBER 29, 2014

That’s the famous quote by the immortal Vincent Scully about Penn Station, where demolition started fifty-one years ago today. But stay tuned—some interesting things are starting to happen, and they’re not the things you’ve been reading about.

More photos here and here.

Vincent Joseph Scully Jr. (born August 21, 1920) is Sterling Professor Emeritus of the History of Art in Architecture at Yale University, and the author of several books on the subject. Architect Philip Johnson once described Scully as "the most influential architectural teacher ever." His lectures at Yale were known to attract casual visitors and packed houses, and regularly received standing ovations.

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