Give a Cheer
Journaling reads: With the rise of the popularity of the automobile, there was a decline in passenger railway use. The owner of Penn Station was near ruin. A group of Architects banded together to form the Action Group for Better Architecture in New York (AGBANY) captured the media spotlight, but in the end, lost its battle. I did in the end succeeded in creating a historic preservation legislation which saved a good many buildings over the years. Pennsylvania Station was demolished in 1963 to make room for the new Madison Square Garden. The new Penn Station was constructed below the new Madison Square Garden, and although I have never been, I have read that it is cold and lifeless, compared to the grandiose beauty of the original station. It seems there are still many that mourn its loss, and every 10 years or so, articles are written to call to light this horrible loss, which is how I learned of it. It brings a tear to my eye, and puts a lump in my throat to think that something of such beauty would have even been considered to be demolished in the first place. It brings to mind this quote that I found, that unfortunately says it all:
"Any city gets what it admires, will pay for, and, ultimately, deserves. Even when we had Penn Station, we couldn’t afford to keep it clean. We want and deserve tin-can architecture in a tinhorn culture. And we will probably be judged not by the monuments we build but by those we have destroyed."
- "Farewell to Penn Station," New York Times editorial, October 30, 1963
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June 12, 2016