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Old Posted May 19, 2011, 4:37 PM
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I don't think the tower can really be blamed for the demise of the original Penn Station, as like you said, it happened well after. And even if it was the same developer who tore down Penn station and built the tower, I won't blame the skyscraper- not its fault that its developer did something sucky.

It's said that these days, you can go into some of the underground parts of Penn Station, and actually put your hands on some of the rivetted columns that hold up One Penn Plaza. Cool! Next time I'm in town, I'll have to get my railroad worker friend to show me these spots!
She's a skyscraper fan too, and last time, we both grabbed one of One Penn's base columns and hugged it, just for the lulz. Too bad we didn't get somebody to take our picture!
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