The destruction of the old Penn Station in New York in 1963 was pure vandalism – this 1910 structure was modelled after the baths of Diocletian, and provided a suitable combination of steel construction and Roman-inspired grandeur for the golden age of train travel. The rabbit warren of the modern Penn Station that followed wasContinue reading “A new train shed in NYC”
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Kykuit: the Rockefeller lookout
Sometimes even seriously rich people need houses that are more comfortable than showy. The Rockefellers had Kykuit as their modest retreat. From the patriarch of the family, oil magnate John D. (1839-1937) to Vice-President Nelson (1908-1979) and his sons, generations of Rockefellers lived in Kykuit on the Hudson River. The Dutch colonists had named theContinue reading “Kykuit: the Rockefeller lookout”
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