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Pennsylvania Station: McKim, Mead and White (Architecture in Detail series) | 
 enlarge | Author: Steven Parissien
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Category: Book
Buy New: $165.12
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 116603
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 60
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 11.6 x 11.3 x 0.4
ISBN: 0714834661
Dewey Decimal Number: 725
EAN: 9780714834665
ASIN: 0714834661
Publication Date: October 10, 1996
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A splendid tribute to a lost landmark, and a lost era. March 2, 1999
24 out of 25 found this review helpful
In 1963, a crime was perpetrated on the people of the city of New York. One of the most magnificent monuments ever to grace the streets of this city was taken from us, robbed by the forces of greed and shortsightedness; a fortress built to last for centuries destroyed, systematically dismantled after only 53 years. To anyone who's ever passed through the grim, cluttered, underground rat trap that is Penn Station today, or had to find their way around the horrendously designed Madison Square Garden that sits on top of it, the mere image of those great marble columns, the 150-foot high coffered ceiling, and most of all that magnificent steel-and-glass roof convey a tremendous sense of tragedy and loss. This book brings the lost station back to life with full-page photographs and architectural drawings, along with concise and informative text. It reminds us of what we've lost, but also provides optimism for the future now that plans to convert the adjacent Farley building, also designed by McKim, Mead and White, into a glorious new railway terminus will shortly, finally, become a reality.Anyone interested in railroad history, turn-of-the-century neoclassical architecture, or New York City history will be mesmerized by the images of this lost palace.
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