Pennsylvania Station

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cid_1138862060_230063v.150.jpg Pennsylvania Station
Designer McKimm, Mead and White
Location New York, New York, USA
Date 1910
Building Type railroad station
Construction System plaster, steel and masonry
Climate Mild Temperate
Context Urban
Architectural Style Neoclassical
Street Address
Notes Demolished in 1964. Bold engineering, grand architecture. Steel vaults, glass. Cut stone columns over steel.
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Client Long Island Rail Road, Pennsylvania Rail Road
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"...[Pennsylvania Station] was one of McKim's most monumental and moving designs, a giant of a building that still retained a human scale. In catching or meeting a train at Pennsylvania Station one became part of a pageant—actions and movements gained significance while processing through such grand spaces."

— Richard Guy Wilson. McKim, Mead & White Architects. New York: Rizzoli, 1983. p211-212.


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  • "The Demolition of Penn Station ", by Norman McGrath, ArchitectureWeek No. 155, 2003.0723, pB1.1.
  • Robert Adam. Classical Architecture. London: Penguin Books, 1990. ISBN 0-670-82613-8. NA260.A26 1990. elevation drawing, fig a, p63.
  • Benjamin Blom. A Monograph of the Works of McKim, Mead & White, 1879-1915. With an essay by Leland Roth. New York: Benjamin Blom, 1973.
  • Edward Ford. The Details of Modern Architecture. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1990. interior photos, construction section/anonmetric details. Highly recommended for serious observers, and available at Amazon.com
  • Kenneth Frampton. Modern Architecture 1851-1945. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1983. ISBN 0-8478-0506-9. LC 83-61363. NA642.F7 1983. concourse level plan, p115. perspective of concourse, p115. waiting room level plan, p115. — Available at Amazon.com
  • McKim, Mead, & White. The Architecture of McKim, Mead, & White in Photographs, Plans, and Elevations. New York: Dover Publications, 1990. ISBN 0-486-26556-0. LC 90-43684. NA737.M4A4. elevation drawing, plate 301. interior details, plate 310.
  • Marcus Whiffen and Frederick Koeper. American Architecture. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1984. plan, f221, p278. interior photos, f222-223, p279. An excellent survey of American architecture. Reprint Edition available at Amazon.com — An excellent survey of American architecture. Reprint Edition available at Amazon.com
  • Richard Guy Wilson. McKim, Mead and White, Architects. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1983. NA737.M4W54. ISBN 0-8478-0491-7. LC 83-4534. floor plan, f273, p211. Monograph of the Works of McKim, Mead and White, 1915-1920.
  • Kevin Matthews. The Great Buildings Collection on CD-ROM. Artifice, 2001. ISBN 0-9667098-4-5.

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