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Former Penn Station:  "Any city gets what it admires, will pay for, and, ultimately, deserves. Even when we had Penn Station, we couldn’t afford to keep it clean. We want and deserve tin-can architecture in a tinhorn culture. And we will probably be judged not by the monuments we build but by those we have destroyed." Penn Station Nyc, New York Landmarks, Photo New York, Nyc History, Penn Station, New York Architecture, Pennsylvania Railroad, New York Pictures, Grand Central Terminal

"Any city gets what it admires, will pay for, and, ultimately, deserves. Even when we had Penn Station, we couldn’t afford to keep it clean. We want and deserve tin-can architecture in a tinhorn culture. And we will probably be judged not by the monuments we build but by those we have destroyed." - "Farewell to Penn Station," New York Times editorial, October 30, 1963 (as found on nyc-architecture.com) I looked all over WNY for a photo thread dedicated to the old Pennsylvania Station…

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