Pennsylvania Plaza
Pennsylvania Plaza (Penn Plaza) is a complex of 14 buildings in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, including New York Penn Station and Madison Square Garden.[1] It is one of the busier transportation, business, and retailing areas in Manhattan. BuildingsBuildings using the Penn Plaza address include:
The numbering of the Penn Plaza addresses does not follow a consistent pattern.[1] DevelopmentDevelopment involved the destruction, beginning in 1963, of the original McKim, Mead and White–designed Penn Station (1910), a revered piece of New York architecture. Its replacements were what architects and civic purists regard as mediocre office and entertainment structures. The demolition of the first Penn Station led to the city's landmarks preservation movement and helped save another landmark of railway architecture, Grand Central Terminal.[5] Tenants1 Penn Plaza2 Penn Plaza11 Penn PlazaReferences
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