ONE ENTERED THE CITY LIKE A GOD; ONE SCUTTLES IN NOW LIKE A RAT: A beautiful photographic look back at the original Penn Station, demolished in the early 1960s.

As to the confluence of mid-century socialism that led to both its destruction, and its rat-trap sub-Miesian replacement, I explored that a few years ago at Ed Driscoll.com, with a little help from Don Draper.