Penn Station, New York City

Paper Summary:

This paper outlines the history of Pennsylvania Station and its demolition in the 1960s. The paper describes the new Moynihan/Penn Station project design that will include housing, shopping, entertainment, the train station and office buildings and discusses who used Penn Station in the past and who will use it in the future. The paper also looks at whether Penn Station succeeded or failed and compares Grand Central Terminal to Penn Station. Finally, the paper describes the planned reconstruction of Penn Station.

Outline:
History
Goals of the Project
Who uses Penn Station (Comparing Past, Present and Future)
Did Penn Station Succeed or Fail?
Comparing Grand Central Station and Penn Station
Re-imagining Penn Station

From the Paper:

"The present Madison Square Gardens/Pennsylvania Station that we see on the East side of Manhattan at 8th Avenue and 31st Street is not the first building built on that location. Until 1910, the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) only went as far as New Jersey. Passengers had to disembark on the west side of the Hudson and find a way into Manhattan if they wanted to continue into the City. In 1901 the PRR president, Alexander Cassatt, decided to build a tunnel under the Hudson River from New Jersey and construct a beautiful Beaux Arts-style terminal designed by McKim, Mead, and White. Named for the Pennsylvania Railroad, the structure called Pennsylvania Station, when it was finished in 1916, was considered one of the most beautiful buildings in the world."

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