Pennsylvania Station by Patrick E. Horrigan

Author:Patrick E. Horrigan [Horrigan, Patrick E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lethe Press
Published: 2018-03-18T00:00:00+00:00

At 9 A.M. electric jackhammers tore at the granite slabs of the side of the terminal near the 33d Street entrance, crushing the hopes of a band of architects who had rallied to save what the Municipal Art Society called “one of the great monuments of classical America.”

There was mention of the protesters with armbands and signs reading “Shame,” along with the inevitable other side of the story.

Morris Lipsett, president of the concern that is preparing the site for the new center, said: “If anybody seriously considered it art, they would have put up some money to save it. You always have half a dozen societies around trying to preserve everything.”

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