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The Construction and Demise of Penn Station

One of the New York City’s most devastating architectural losses was the original Beaux Arts masterpiece Penn Station, designed Charles McKim of the Gilded Age’s McKim, Mead & White. Learn what made building the station possible, how it connected Manhattan to the rest of the country, and its ultimate demise in this informative presentation with vintage photographs.

Led by Ginny Poleman - Ginny, graduate of Cornell University, is a licensed New York City Sightseeing Guide. She gives tours for the American Institute of Architects’ on the Classic Harbor Cruise Line's circumnavigation architectural tours, and is an experienced tour guide for the Municipal Art Society and New York City’s largest art museum. 

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