The Jazzier Penn Station, In Newark, Gets A Makeover

Hosannas greeted the recent unveiling of brand new Moynihan Station, across the street from Penn Station in Manhattan. But who knows or cares about the mundane upgrade that's occurring across the river at Newark Penn Station?

We do.

It was the legendary architectural firm of McKim, Mead and White that designed both Penn Stations — the one in Newark and the original in New York. Now for some blasphemy: Newark's Art Deco swagger was always better than New York's neo-classical bluster.

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