New York's Pennsylvania Stations

Hilary Ballon (Columbia University), Norman McGrath

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English

WW Norton & Co
08 January 2010

Architectural structure & design; Public buildings: civic, commercial, industrial; History of the Americas; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Railway technology, engineering & trades

This is a guided tour through the past, present, and future of great civic architecture in New York City. It tells the story of Pennsylvania Station: the original building, its tragic demolition in the 1960s, and the new station designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and now under construction. In stunning photographs by Norman McGrath the hidden structure of Penn Station is revealed along with the burial of the station beneath Madison Square Garden. Richly illustrated essays by Hilary Ballon and Marilyn Taylor, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill celebrated new chair, on the old and new stations illuminate their connections and indicate how public architecture and transportation planning can enhance the way millions of people experience New York City.

By: Hilary Ballon (Columbia University)
By (photographer): Norman McGrath
Imprint: WW Norton & Co
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 277mm, Width: 213mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 1.091kg
ISBN: 9780393730784
ISBN 10: 0393730786
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 08 January 2010
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Hilary Ballon is an architectural historian and professor at Columbia University. She is the curator of “Robert Moses and the Modern City,” the 2007 exhibition concurrently at the Queens Museum of Art, the Museum of the City of New York, and the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery of Columbia University. She is the editor of the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. Her previous books include New York’s Pennsylvania Stations; The Paris of Henri IV: Architecture and Urbanism, which won the Alice Davis Hitchcock Award for the Most Distinguished Scholarship in the History of Architecture; and Louis Le Vau: Mazarin’s College, Colbert’s Revenge, which received a medal from the Académie Française.

Reviews for New York's Pennsylvania Stations

[R]emarkable, informative....a valuable preservation of history and perspective that most commuters, rushing from one level or train to another, never think about. -- Examiner.com [A] treat for Penn Station aficionados and those interested in the preservation of historic landmarks, architecture, urban planning and transportation. -- Design Issues