The demolition of the old Pennsylvania Station in October 1963 is considered a city tragedy, a "monumental act of vandalism," as The New York Times put it at the time.
It was also a catalyst for the preservation movement that's saved countless buildings from also ending up in pieces in a Meadowlands dump.
Photos of the 1910 Beaux-Arts masterpiece are in no short supply.
On Friday I post something I came across during the week that I loved. I'm obsessed with Ephemeral NY!
