Friday, July 20, 2012

Streetscapes - Penn Station — Scapegoat in a Clamshell - NYTimes.com

Interesting re-look at the modernist ticketing outlet in the former Penn Station in NYC.  The protest preceding the station's demolition is often pointed to as the birth of the historic preservation movement.  Click title for link to article.

Scapegoat in a Clamshell
Before Pennsylvania Station was reduced to rubble, the architect Lester Tichy designed a modernist ticket counter to revitalize its faded if majestic space.