Reply With Quotethose images are like *error does not compute* i mean seeing it been torn apart make NO sense at all, so much it so it makes my head feel funny.
those images are like *error does not compute* i mean seeing it been torn apart make NO sense at all, so much it so it makes my head feel funny.
It perfectly reflects the true stupidity of mankind.
Penn's destruction has to be the 20th Century's worst crime against architecture....and for what? An underground, clausterphobic train station, an arena, and some sub-par office towers. I cannot even begin to imagine what would be the cost to replicate the old Penn today.
Any idea as to what happened with a lot of the architectural ornamentation and statuary?
Read Robert Sullivan's "The Meadowlands." He devotes a chapter of it to his personal hunt for the statuary, rumored to be in a dumping ground in Jersey. I won't say how it ends, because it reads like an entertaining mystery novel.
All the pieces are numbered, catalogued, and ready for re-assembly ... right?
Originally Posted by Vengineer
I agree. Unfortunately. NY's self-destructive behavior continues to this day, and greedy SOB's like Harry Schmucklowe raze gems to maximize his own profit. I hate to say it, but when I learned that the 57th St gems will be razed and replaced with a cheap glass box like the one Schmucklowe is building at 510 Madison, I lost hope for NYC and have written it off recently as a lost cause.
Schmucklowe will raze these gems and replace them with a 40 story glass box.
His new tower, which will replace The Drake, should be named, "Schmuck Tower"
Yes. The Penn Station is gone. Long gone. Nearly 45 years ago gone.
Meanwhile back at the ranch.... the destruction continues.
At least back then they had picket lines. Where are those lines today?
People outside of this forum probably have no idea what's going on with the 57th St. townhouses. More significantly, greedy SOB's like Macklowe are intent upon ruining Midtown's architecture, and due to his political connections, he is at liberty to line his greasy, corrupt pockets. Midtown between 42nd and 59th is the worst part of Manhattan (other than 1st, 2nd, 3rd and York) since its glorious, old buildings have largely been razed. I pray that these greedy vultures don't start ruining other areas of Manhattan. However, as we know the Hotel Penn will soon be gone. It makes me sick.
New York always has and always will be the city to make a quick buck, there is very little legacy remaining from each successive generation. Everything gets razed be it timeless architecture or not. Private property is more important then history. Such are the times.
Yet garbage that no one cares about nor wants get Landmark designations all the time, there are warehouses and barely noticeable 50 year old buildings that are landmarked, yet gorgeous townhouses and whole streets are ravaged by unscrupulous developers.
It's true. In my old neighborhood, there was a filty tenement on 1st around 65th that a developer wanted to raze. People went nuts because it was an early social housing experiment. They won, and it was landmarked despite being a filthy, run down dump. In the meantime, stunning architecture gets razed due to creeps like Macklowe.
The Hotel Pennsylvania is being razed? Are you fu*king kidding me???? When is this happening? I really can't take it anymore; we have no charm, we have no character; why wouldn't any tourist want to come here? There is NO history!
I agree but the tourists are not the least bit interested in charm and history. All they want to do is shop and eat at red lobster, bubba guimps and chevys. Oh yes, and see Toys R us and MTV.
Hotel Pennsylvania. Im gonna miss that sight. Why must they tear it down? It goes along with the "Pennsylvania theme" along with Penn Station & Penn Plaza across the street. Middle finger to Vornado
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Penn Station (the building) has long been gone, and don't even get started on Penn Plaza accross the street. You'll be happy to know that eyesore will remain. As for Vornado, yeah, any company trying to improve the vitality of the city (of course they're in the business to make a profit) deserves a middle finger....Please. In fact, why don't all developers just leave Manhattan as is, let it dy a slow death. At least it will be preserved as is for future historians to disect.
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