Old Penn Station New York City with aerial & skyline views of Manhattan & Empire State Building etc.

Fullscreen quality (click on "HD") slide show of New York City's old Pennsylvania Station which opened in 1910 and was demolished in 1963-'64. Madison Square Garden now occupies the site with the new Penn Station, essentially the original track level, beneath it.

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[Josquinquin]

I remember arriving in New York City for the first time in 1954 . I stepped out of the train, walked up to the main concourse and looked around me. I was stunned. It was like being at the center of a majestic gesture of being welcomed to a city of pride and glory. I had to stand still and drink it all in. .. Now, new arrivals scurry out the nearest exit , their eyes and minds focused on where they're going.

[madercic3aolcom]

@Josquinquin Great comment. Thanks!

[jjcjammer]

wonderful video. So majestic and grand. not like the dump I traveled to and from for 11yrs back in the 90's

[madercic3aolcom]

@jjcjammer Glad you liked it. Thanks for your comment!

[dfirth224]

Jackie Kennedy was so outraged by this demolition that she became the public figure for the historic preservation movement in the 1970's. She is the one to thank for the thousands of buildings that have been saved since from the wrecking ball. When she was in the White House 1961-63 she redecorated the White House and then gave the very first TV tour of the White House. She liked French Provincial, so in the early 1960's French Provincial was a very popular style for furniture, etc.

[madercic3aolcom]

@dfirth224 Great comment! Thanks!

[Asfasveaer]

the original Penn Station was the most beautiful building in New York City. i hope the people who are responsible for its demolition are burning in hell.

[captinseperoth]

rebuild it to the original design,no more modernistic/apple designs,if the folks want it that way,live in a cubical!

[pawpawnorth]

To tear down this station in New York, or Northwestern Station and The Old Stock Exchange in my hometown were crimes, it was the hard work of many people to design every inch of those buildings, its like someone who would set fire to a Van Gogh painting and replace it with a crayon doodle, except they would get arrested.

[atomicgirlnyc]

This was literally one of the most criminal acts of vandalism the world has ever seen. It would be like if the French had torn down the Palace of Versailles to put up a strip mall. Stupid, idiotic, dumb, and vile doesn't even begin to describe it. I guess I should be mad, but actually I feel pity for the people who were stupid enough to make this happen. Imagine how shallow and empty they must have been to look at that building and want to tear it up.

[jamespymm]

great video...it's a shame they demolished such a magnificent building....makes Grand Central look like a dog house...lol

[jasandros]

I still find it hard to believe that developers were allowed to demolish such a historical landmark.......all in the name of greed.

[wannamlwithu]

@Darthbelal I just went there yesterday and you were right, it was so disgusting. even the subway station adjacent to it, very dirty and smelly. :(

to @madercic3aolcom thanks for the video..really brings back memories..

[Darthbelal]

For those who haven't been to Penn Station but have seen this vid, you will NOT believe the piece of shit that replaced the old Penn Station.

[onthe1drop]

Is there a movement yet to rebuild the original Penn Station? There needs to be.

[onthe1drop]

Penn station was beautiful, grand, elegant, stylish, and replaced by a vile, overcrowded, ugly, underground mess. It is a disgraceful shame that this was allowed to happen.