Penn Railroad Station From Gimbel's N.Y. (LOC) Bain News Service, publisher.
Pennsylvania Station from Gimbel's in 1911. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Subjects:N.Y. Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
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Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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Date: 1941.
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The Rise And Fall Of Penn Station, New York.
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consistently among the best shows on television.
The Pennsylvania Railroad successfully accomplished the enormous engineering feat of building tunnels under New York City's Hudson and East Rivers, connecting the Railroad to New York
and New England, knitting together the entire Eastern half of The United States.
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Pennsylvania Station, also known as New York Penn Station, or Penn Station, is the main Inter-City Railroad Station in New York City. Serving more than 600,000 Commuter Rail and Amtrak passengers a day, it is the busiest passenger transportation hub in the Western Hemisphere.
Penn Station is in the Mid-Town area of Manhattan, close to Herald Square, The Empire State Building, Koreatown, and Macy's Department Store. Entirely underground, it sits beneath Madison Square Garden, between Seventh Avenue and Eighth Avenue, and between 31st and 34th Streets.
Penn Station has twenty-one Tracks, fed by seven Tunnels (the two Hudson River Tunnels, the four East River Tunnels, and the single Empire Connection Tunnel).
The main Waiting Room at Penn Station, New York City.
Date: Circa 1911. Uploaded by User:Morven on 26 November 2004.
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It is at the centre of The Northeast Corridor, a Passenger Rail Line that connects New York City with Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and intermediate points. Inter-City Trains are operated by Amtrak, which owns the Station, while Commuter Rail Services are operated by The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) and New Jersey Transit. Connections are available within the complex to The New York City Subway, and Buses. The old "Hilton Corridor", formerly provided Indoor Connection with PATH Trains.
The original Pennsylvania Station was built from 1901 to 1910 by The Pennsylvania Railroad, and featured an ornate marble and granite Station House and Train Shed, inspired by The Gare d'Orsay, Paris (the World's first electrified Rail Terminal).
After a decline in passenger usage during the 1950s, the original Station was demolished and
re-constructed from 1963 to 1969, resulting in the current Station. Future plans for Penn Station include The Gateway Project, and the possibility of shifting some Trains to the adjacent Farley Post Office, a building designed by the same architects as the original 1910 Station.
