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| Architect | McKim, Mead, and White |
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| Location | New York, New York map | ||||||
| Date | 1910 timeline | ||||||
| Building Type | railroad station | ||||||
| Construction System | plaster, steel and masonry | ||||||
| Climate | temperate | ||||||
| Context | urban | ||||||
| Style | Neoclassical | ||||||
| Notes | Demolished 1964. Bold engineering, grand architecture. Steel vaults, glass. Cut stone columns over steel. | ||||||
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| Discussion | Pennsylvania Station Commentary
"...[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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Sources on Pennsylvania Station
"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.— Available at Amazon.com
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