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393 7th Avenue, New York City. Built in 1877, it was the last building standing in the neighborhood cleared to build Penn Station in 1903

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  1. Is anyone else getting a "Batteries Not Included" vibe from this?

  2. Replaced it with a really nice building and then 50 years later chopped that one up for something that looks worse.

  3. Not to confuse this question with our movie night chat, but am I right in thinking that the Penn Station that replaced that building was itself later demolished to make way for Madison Square Garden?

    Glad the new Penn Station is moving into the lovely old Post Office building.

  4. Penn Station sowing in 1903: Haha Fuck yeah!

    Penn Station reaping in 1963:Well this fucking sucks, What the fuck

  5. I can’t believe they’d tear down a beautiful historic neighborhood just to build some huge gaudy train station! /s

  6. Reminds me of Charlie and Chocolate factory movie dentist’s house

  7. Reminds me of that scene in Up where the old man’s house was the only one standing, surrounded by a modern construction site.

  8. That must have been wild to see in person.

  9. So I’m confused… which streets are those? Is that 33rd and 34th? Weird to see how residential it was back then.