Exploring The Catcher in the Rye   :   album / tour

Arrival at Familiar Penn Station

 
(Page 59.) Holden's Penn Station was demolished in the 1960's. It used to have high Roman arches. It is now mainly simple and shiny. You can also see what are likely preserved pieces of some of the old walls in the "detour" section below.

train concourse, looking northwest  +text 52K general waiting room, looking north  +text 60K [Penn Station Demolition]  +text 71K    [Penn Station, main area]  43K    The departures board could be 50 years old  <+text 38K    [The tunnel to get taxis]  +text 45K   
 
 
A little detour from The Catcher in the Rye:

[Downstairs at Penn Station: Mr. Spoon performs]  <+text 54K    [Salvation Army ringer down there, too]  71K    [Macy's is nearby Penn Station]  < 71K    [Charles Schultz's retirement in papers: 15 Dec 1999]  +text 44K


 

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