By Vera Penavic, Untapped Cities; November 21, 2017
When the original Penn Station was demolished in 1963, it was considered an act of civic vandalism. The stunning station was replaced by today’s dark, dingy, and dangerous alternative, which takes in passengers of the LIRR, Amtrak, New York City subway, and the New Jersey Transit. While renderings and ideas have been tossed around for what to replace the current structure with, this New Jersey Transit ad campaign seeks to reimagine if the original Penn Station were rebuilt in a project spearheaded by the Rebuild Penn Station, a project of the National Civic Art Society.
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