BGuthrie Photos: NY -- NYC -- Penn Station

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1. PENNST_190531_16.JPG: Andrew Leicester Ghost - Day and Night 1994 Terra cotta
2. PENNST_190531_32.JPG: Andrew Leicester Ghost Series, 1994 Intimations of the past emerge through five towering bas-relief terra-cotta murals scattered in the corridors of the Long Island Rail Road's Penn Station. Thorough scale and style that invoke the station's illustrious history, the works create the sense that the original Beaux-Arts station, which was destroyed in 1963, still inhabits these surroundings. A porcelain enamel mural of the elevation of the original blueprints by architects McKim, Mead & White reinforces the spectral allusion. According to Andrew Leicester, each terra-cotta element of Ghost Series is a replication of an architectural detail of the old Pennsylvania Station. The work pays homage to the "gorgeous building" that bespoke "the great age of steam locomotion, coinciding with the golden age of industrial prosperity and optimism for the future of America." Born in England, Andrew Leicester moved to the United States 23 years ago and now resides in Minneapolis. He works exclusively on environmental public art projects, for which he has won numerous awards. Leicester's other public art commissions can be seen in Los Angeles, Cincinnati, and Philadelphia.
3. PENNST_191004_08.JPG: Andrew Leicester Ghost-Broken Column 1994
4. PENNST_191004_15.JPG: The red supports were part of the original Penn Central building.
5. PENNST_191005_04.JPG: Penn Station Jan. 8, 1908
6. PENNST_191006_03.JPG: A train or two had been cancelled so everyone was trying to get on the next one.
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Wikipedia Description: Pennsylvania Station (New York City)
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Pennsylvania Station, also known as New York Penn Station or Penn Station, is the main intercity railroad station in New York City. Serving more than 600,000 commuter rail and Amtrak passengers a day, it is the busiest passenger transportation facility in North America. Penn Station is in the midtown area of Manhattan, close to Herald Square, the Empire State Building, Koreatown, and the Macy's department store. Entirely underground, it sits beneath Madison Square Garden, between Seventh Avenue and Eighth Avenue and between 31st and 34th Streets.

Penn Station has 21 tracks fed by seven tunnels (the Hudson River Tunnels, the East River Tunnels, and the Empire Connection tunnel). It is at the center of the Northeast Corridor, a passenger rail line that connects New York City with Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and intermediate points. Intercity trains are operated by Amtrak, which owns the station, while commuter rail services are operated by the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) and New Jersey Transit. Connections are available within the complex to the New York City Subway, and buses.

The original Pennsylvania Station was built from 1901-1910 by the Pennsylvania Railroad, and featured an ornate marble and granite station house and train shed inspired by the Gare d'Orsay in Paris (the world's first electrified rail terminal). After a decline in passenger usage during the 1950s, the original station was demolished and reconstructed from 1963 to 1969, resulting in the current station. Future plans for Penn Station include the Gateway Project and the possibility of shifting some trains to the adjacent Farley Post Office, a building designed by the same architects as the original 1910 station.

History

Pennsylvania Station is named for the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR), its builder and original tenant, and shares its name with several stations in other cities. The current facility ...More...
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