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All Aboard: 1910
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 10/03/2012 - 12:48pm.
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New York circa 1910. "Track level, main and exit concourses, Pennsylvania Station." 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.
Damn
Submitted by MGD3 on Thu, 10/04/2012 - 6:34pm.
Thats a beautifully restored picture of the concourse..
The picture taken of the stairs existing today is track 5 and 6. I just was there. It felt so good to touch it. And it's very heavy in person and thick too
Shorpy site... Please restore the picture of the main waiting room. You don't have that one up yet. It is the most beautiful waiting hall ever.
Interesting
Submitted by Davoosie on Wed, 10/03/2012 - 9:22pm.
Looks like the same photo but with the duckboards edited out
Rivets
Submitted by TerryN on Wed, 10/03/2012 - 8:02pm.
I love how they took the technology of the times and made it into an art form.
Staircases
Submitted by Pmray87 on Wed, 10/03/2012 - 5:00pm.
I wasn't aware they 'allowed' any staircases to remain; where are the originals- in the station?
[This photo of one and its location can be found on this page. - tterrace]
"Circa" 1910
Submitted by Dbell on Wed, 10/03/2012 - 1:52pm.
Has to be very close! Station is pristine clean, and there are duckboards across the tracks. Since the old Penn Station was completed in 1910, this photo looks like very soon before opening.
<sigh>
Submitted by misscrabtree on Wed, 10/03/2012 - 1:10pm.
We're looking at a crime scene.
Gone, but not forgotten.
It's amazing that they allowed some of the staircases to remain; every time I'm there, the gleaming/greening bronze and brass reminds me of what was.
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