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Development Development involved the destruction, beginning in 1963, of the original McKim, Mead and White–designed Penn Station (1910), a revered piece of New York architecture.
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Development Development involved the destruction, beginning in 1963, of the original McKim, Mead and White–designed Penn Station (1910), a revered piece of New York architecture.
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Inspect evidence ↗media14 Penn Plaza jeh.JPG · Public domain
Inspect evidence ↗mediaMoynihan Train Hall interior, Dec 27 2022.jpg · CC0
Inspect evidence ↗mediaOne Penn Plaza NYC at dusk.jpg · CC BY-SA 3.0
Inspect evidence ↗mediaPENN 2 (55558049923).jpg · CC BY 4.0
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