Posts Tagged ‘Penn Station’
My guess on Penn Station – David Brussat
by David Brussat, contributing writer, architecture Photo: Brussat, Rebuilt waiting room at the proposed new Penn Station. (By Jeff Stikeman for Rebuild Penn Station) Not much news lately on the idea of rebuilding Pennsylvania Station as it was originally designed by architects McKim Mead & White in 1910. The station was torn down in 1963…
Read MoreLet public vote on Penn Station – David Brussat
by David Brusat, Architecture Here and There, contributing writer Rebuilding Pennsylvania Station, built in 1910 and demolished in 1963, is the single act that can best help bring beauty in architecture back to the United States and the rest of the world. It would directly boost the beauty of the city itself, and as an…
Read MoreA tour of new Penn Station – David Brussat
by David Brussat, Architecture Here and There, contributing writer Photo: The Main Waiting Room, as proposed, of the rebuilt Pennsylvania Station. (ReThinkNYC) It remains possible that the Pennsylvania Station completed in 1910 and infamously demolished in 1963 – “We once entered the city like gods, now we scuttle in like rats” (Vincent Scully) – will…
Read MorePenn Sta. + Best 2022 Bldgs – submit your nominations – David Brussat
by David Brussat, Architecture Here and There, contributing writer on architecture and design For this hybrid post I present you with the opportunity to view images and videos of a rebuilt Penn Station alongside a plea for readers to nominate the best traditional buildings of 2022. Penn Station’s restoration is a genuine prospect, though alas…
Read MoreTwo visions of New York City – David Brussat
by David Brussat, Architecture Here and There, contributing writer Two recent panels held by the Empire Station Coalition discussed rebuilding Penn Station in its original 1910 design and growing opposition to former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Empire Station Complex, which would clog the area around Penn Station with glass-box skyscrapers. The vicinity has already been declared…
Read MorePenn Station post Cuomo – David Brussat
by David Brussat, Architecture Here and There, contributing writer Photo: Empire Station Complex, blue; Penn Station behind proposed new towers. (Community Board Five) Andrew Cuomo’s resignation, effective in one week, could provide an opening to rebuild Penn Station as designed by architects McKim Mead & White in 1910. Is the next governor, Lt. Gov. Kathy…
Read MoreRebuild Penn Station: update – David Brussat
by David Brussat, Architecture Here and There, contributing writer on architecture Photo: Relocated Madison Square Garden, center, near rebuilt Penn Station, beyond. (Cameron) First voiced publicly by architect Richard Cameron, the plan to rebuild New York’s Pennsylvania Station as conceived by the firm of McKim, Mead & White remains in the chaotic mix of plans…
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