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8.5.4: A Landmark Decision- Penn Station, Grand Central, and the architectural heritage of NYC

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    Video \(\PageIndex{1}\): Dr. Matthew A. Postal and Dr. Steven Zucker discuss landmarks preservation in New York City while visiting: Charles Luckman Associates’s Madison Square Garden and Pennsylvania Station, the former site of Charles McKim for McKim Mead, & White, Pennsylvania Station (New York City), 1910 and then visiting Reed & Stem, Warren & Wetmore’s Grand Central Terminal, 1912

    Smarthistory images for teaching and learning:

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    Pennsylvania Station entrance on Seventh Avenue

    Grand Central Terminal
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    Façade, Grand Central

    Pennsylvania Station below Penn Plaza

    Penn Plaza flags
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    Vault, Grand Central Terminal

    Grand Central Terminal

    View to platform, Grand Central Terminal
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    Madison Square Garden above Penn Station

    Grand Central Terminal

    Eagle from original Penn Station in front of Penn Plaza
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    Pennsylvania Station below Penn Plaza

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