ABSTRACT
Too often, the demolition of a landmark building receives attention on the eve of destruction and once again when the wrecking ball strikes the first blow. After that, lost landmarks quickly fade from public consciousness. Pennsylvania Station would be different.
The city regards the past with contempt and hastens to obliterate its heritage. Symbolic of New York’s self-destructive frenzy is the destruction of Pennsylvania Station, now being razed to make way for a 120-million complex including a new Madison Square Garden arena, an exhibition hall, bowling alleys, and a thirty-three-story office tower. This will be the fourth Madison Square Garden in eighty-five years. There will never be another Penn Station. 1
