Remembering America's lost buildings
- Written by Kevin D. Murphy, Andrew W. Mellon Chair in the Humanities and Professor and Chair of History of Art, Vanderbilt University
A photograph of Penn Station's interior from the 1930s.Bernice Abbott
In June 2017, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a US$1.6 billion project to transform New York City’s much-maligned Penn Station in hopes of restoring it to its former glory.
The original structure – an iconic example of the Beaux-Arts architectural style –...