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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 pageantactions and movements gained significance while processing through such grand spaces." Richard Guy Wilson. McKim, Mead & White Architects. New York: Rizzoli, 1983. p211-212. | ||||||
Resources |
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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