{"id":73920,"date":"2024-08-26T16:18:23","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T20:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greenlivinghistory.com\/?p=11500"},"modified":"2024-08-26T16:18:23","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T20:18:23","slug":"what-penn-station-used-to-look-like-will-make-you-weep-with-longing-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/2024\/what-penn-station-used-to-look-like-will-make-you-weep-with-longing-2\/","title":{"rendered":"What Penn Station used to look like will make you weep with longing"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2015\/07\/20\/original-penn-station\/#SMcwd601ukqx\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/unexplainedontario.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/pennstation-12.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2015\/07\/20\/original-penn-station\/#SMcwd601ukqx\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/unexplainedontario.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/pennstation-21.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2015\/07\/20\/original-penn-station\/#SMcwd601ukqx\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/unexplainedontario.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/pennstation-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2015\/07\/20\/original-penn-station\/#SMcwd601ukqx\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/unexplainedontario.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/pennstation-18.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2015\/07\/20\/original-penn-station\/#SMcwd601ukqx\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/unexplainedontario.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/pennstation-11.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2015\/07\/20\/original-penn-station\/#SMcwd601ukqx\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/unexplainedontario.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/pennstation-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2015\/07\/20\/original-penn-station\/#SMcwd601ukqx\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/unexplainedontario.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/pennstation-19.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2015\/07\/20\/original-penn-station\/#SMcwd601ukqx\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/unexplainedontario.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/pennstation-23.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2015\/07\/20\/original-penn-station\/#SMcwd601ukqx\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/unexplainedontario.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/pennstation-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2015\/07\/20\/original-penn-station\/#SMcwd601ukqx\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/unexplainedontario.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/pennstation-13.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2015\/07\/20\/original-penn-station\/#SMcwd601ukqx\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/unexplainedontario.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/pennstation-14.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2015\/07\/20\/original-penn-station\/#SMcwd601ukqx\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/unexplainedontario.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/pennstation-16.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2015\/07\/20\/original-penn-station\/#SMcwd601ukqx\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/unexplainedontario.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/pennstation-15.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2015\/07\/20\/original-penn-station\/#SMcwd601ukqx\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/unexplainedontario.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/pennstation-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2015\/07\/20\/original-penn-station\/#SMcwd601ukqx\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/unexplainedontario.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/pennstation-25.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2015\/07\/20\/original-penn-station\/#SMcwd601ukqx\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/unexplainedontario.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/pennstation-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2015\/07\/20\/original-penn-station\/#SMcwd601ukqx\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/unexplainedontario.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/pennstation-20.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2015\/07\/20\/original-penn-station\/#SMcwd601ukqx\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/unexplainedontario.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/pennstation-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2015\/07\/20\/original-penn-station\/#SMcwd601ukqx\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/unexplainedontario.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/pennstation-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2015\/07\/20\/original-penn-station\/#SMcwd601ukqx\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/unexplainedontario.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/pennstation-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>In 1910, when New York City transportation terminal Pennsylvania Station opened, it was widely praised for its majestic architecture.\u00a0Designed in the Beaux-Arts style, it featured pink granite construction and a stately colonnade on the exterior.\u00a0The main waiting room, inspired by the Roman Baths of Caracalla, was the largest indoor space in the city \u2014 a block and a half long with vaulted glass windows soaring 150 feet over a sun-drenched chamber. Beyond that, trains emerged from bedrock to deposit passengers on a concourse lit by an arching glass and steel greenhouse roof.This may sound unfamiliar for present-day residents of New York City, who know Penn Station as a miserable subterranean labyrinth.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2015\/07\/20\/original-penn-station\/\">What Penn Station used to look like will make you weep with longing<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/2024\/what-penn-station-used-to-look-like-will-make-you-weep-with-longing-2\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permalink to What Penn Station used to look like will make you weep with longing\"><p>In 1910, when New York City transportation terminal Pennsylvania Station opened, it was widely praised for its majestic architecture.\u00a0Designed in the Beaux-Arts style, it featured pink granite construction and a stately colonnade on the exterior.\u00a0The main waiting room, inspired by the Roman Baths of Caracalla, was the largest indoor space in the city \u2014 a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[617],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73920"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73920"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77301,"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73920\/revisions\/77301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}