tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1597761046378693913.post1688957881996273491..comments2023-11-07T22:43:36.262-08:00Comments on Notes from the Ironbound: Introducing the Penn Station ProjectUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1597761046378693913.post-52391081204331598432015-11-07T12:12:21.540-08:002015-11-07T12:12:21.540-08:00These photos of the old Penn Station are heart-bre...These photos of the old Penn Station are heart-breakingly beautiful:<br /><br />http://mashable.com/2015/07/20/original-penn-station/#dlcEL5UEikqL<br /><br />Modern and brutalist architecture gives me heartburn. I took a walk yesterday and saw a new apartment complex that just went up. It's all boxes. A cold-looking place.<br /><br />I have friends who disagree. They say new buildings shouldn't copy old styles. That there's something phony and dishonorable about continuing old architectural traditions. But it's my opinion that those traditions arose for a reason. They make people feel more human. To throw everything away and build cold boxes seems somehow anti-human to me.<br />Buddynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1597761046378693913.post-3160474393229742082015-11-05T19:36:12.677-08:002015-11-05T19:36:12.677-08:00Penn Station gets so much (semi-deserved) hate, bu...Penn Station gets so much (semi-deserved) hate, but I love it. <br /><br />Sure, it makes me angry when I have to transfer in Secaucus Junction and think about how much further the money for a station like that would go in Newark or Jersey City. Or when I walk through Grand Central and think about how differently New York City treats its Connecticut commuters compared to Jerseyans and Long Islanders. But if they cleaned up the rat's nest that is Penn Station, rats like me wouldn't be allowed anywhere near the place.<br /><br />To be ugly in a beautiful space is an act of resistance.richgoldstein13https://www.blogger.com/profile/13024589882600654072noreply@blogger.com