beautiful now and then shots of new york

[Logiola]

i found this very interesting.. it is amazing how alot of things have stayed the same.. you guys are lucky to have kept so much of your historic buildings..

http://www.newyorkchanging.com/imagelist.html

[tk2kewl]

1. this one is a crying shame

Penn Station


Before


After

[Logiola]

3. wow.. that is..

i remember reading an article of a guy who sought out to find the remains of the original penn station.. he ended up finding the old columns and a bunch of stuff half burried in a feild in the meadowlands.. was interesting.. he actually went to places where people thought it may be and dug..


here, i actually found the link..

http://www.wesjones.com/sullivan.htm

[calico1]

5. Yeah, that makes me want to cry

everytime the subject is brought up. Its a shame that guy (developer, forgot name) was allowed to get away with so much before he was finally stopped. He wanted to "redo" Soho and Greenwich Village too. Thank God people stood up to him, but not before beautiful Penn Station was torn down. Such a shame.

[smirkymonkey]

9. Arghhhhh.....Robert Moses!

The greatest villain New York has ever known!

Bastard. Penn Station breaks my heart.

I now live in the West Village - it's the most charming, beautiful neighborhood in New York (IMHO). He wanted to put a freeway through it.

There is a good book by Robert Caro on him called "The Power Broker."

[Cassandra]

2. It's not luck.

It takes a lot of effort to fend off some of the developers. We still miss the original Penn Station.

[Logiola]

4. when did the city

start doing the "historic building" zoning... meaning if it is a historic distric or building and the facads of buildings can not be changed...

[Cassandra]

6. The Landmarks Preservation Commission was created...

in the wake of the destruction of Penn Station.
A quote from someone about Penn Station: We used to enter New York like gods, now we scurry in like rats.

[Logiola]

8. i was just in new york for the first time a few weeks ago

and one of the most amazing moments was getting off a subway car and walking into grand central.. it was like a whole new st. patricks cathedral.. just amazing..

[Logiola]

7. in my city of winnipeg..

the biggest disapointment was the tear down of our old city hall.. here is a before and after picture..




and replaced by this