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   Matt Blaze (mattblaze@federate.social)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Feb-2025 10:55:31 JST Matt Blaze

   Moynihan Train Hall, Pennsylvania Station, NYC, 2021.

   All of the pixels, none of the delays, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/51205135362

   #photography

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     Stuart Marks (stuartmarks@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Feb-2025 04:37:08 JST Stuart Marks

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     @mattblaze Your posting of this finally prompted me to search for some of the history of the old Penn station. I found this article, which has photos of the completed interior, including the glass ceiling and steel beams that you refer to here. The demolition pictures are quite sad. The article also has links to material, with photos, about the planning and construction of the Moynihan Train Hall. I hope you and your readers enjoy this article.

     https://ny.curbed.com/2017/11/7/16616314/old-penn-station-history-photos-mckim

     Steve's Place repeated this.
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     Sharon 🤦🏾‍♀️ Persists (sharoncrockett@toot.community)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Feb-2025 04:37:08 JST Sharon 🤦🏾‍♀️ Persists

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     • Stuart Marks

     @stuartmarks Whenever I see these old photos of the original Penn Station in NYC, I want to cry. If you want to get a nice look at it in a film, watch Vincent Minelli's "The Clock" from the 1940's starring Judy Garland and Robert Walker. The initial glorious scenes take place in the old Penn Station.

     https://youtu.be/4PwA6K_EmAQ?si=N7dRn78LCj3wNp9R

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     Matt Blaze (mattblaze@federate.social)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Feb-2025 04:37:10 JST Matt Blaze

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     Many of the design elements of the new hall pay deliberate homage to the original, befittingly grand, Penn Station, including especially the prominently exposed steel beams.

     There are no seats in the main hall, though there are smaller ticketed waiting areas to the side, as well as a substantial food court. The lack of a "big board" is deliberate, to discourage crowding in any particular area (there is instead a collection of smaller train status monitors spread throughout the hall).

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     Matt Blaze (mattblaze@federate.social)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Feb-2025 04:37:11 JST Matt Blaze

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     Captured with the Rodenstock 23mm/5.6 HR-Digaron lens and the Phase One IQ4-150 XT camera. The 23mm Digaron is a sharp wide lens, but doesn't really have a large enough image circle to support extensive movements (which weren't required here). Captured from the balcony on the south side of the station.

     The Moynihan Train Hall is a recently-opened annex (repurposed from the Post Office) to the otherwise dungeon-like remnants of the old Penn Station, buried under Madison Square Garden since 1963.