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To celebrate the opening of Moynihan Train Hall, a new commuters' wing at Penn Station catering to both Amtrak and Long Island Railroad train passengers, we\u2019re going to tell the entire story of Pennsylvania Station and Pennsylvania Railroad over two episodes, using a couple older shows from our back catalog. This is PART TWO.\n\nWhy did they knock down old Pennsylvania Station?\n\nThe original Penn Station, constructed in 1910 and designed by New York\u2019s greatest Gilded Age architectural firm, was more than just a building. Since its destruction in the 1960s, the station has become something mythic, a sacrificial lamb to the cause of historic preservation.\n\nAs Vincent Scully once said, \u201cThrough Pennsylvania Station one entered the city like a god. Perhaps it was really too much. One scuttles in now like a rat.\u201d\n\nIn this show we rebuild the grand, original structure in our minds \u2014 the fourth largest building in the world when it was constructed \u2014 and marvel at an opulence now gone.\n\nPLUS: We show you where you can still find remnants of old Penn Station by going on a walking tour with Untapped Cities tour guide\xa0Justin Rivers.\n\nTHIS SHOW WAS ORIGINALLY RELEASED AS EPISODE 254 \u2014 FEBRUARY 16, 2018\n\nboweryboyshistory.com\n\nSupport the show: https://www.patreon.com/boweryboys