{"id":15645,"date":"2022-06-22T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/content-manager\/?p=15645"},"modified":"2022-06-22T15:01:29","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T19:01:29","slug":"old-penn-station-history-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/old-penn-station-history-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Penn Station: History and Photos of One of NYC&#8217;s Lost Iconic Landmarks"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>It&#8217;s no secret that a large population of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/apartments-for-rent\/new-york-ny\">New Yorkers<\/a> can&#8217;t stand Penn Station, especially since the original structure was demolished. It has been called the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/untappedcities.com\/2016\/11\/03\/10-fun-facts-about-the-current-penn-station-we-learned-at-futurepenn-summit\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">most hated<\/a>&#8221; building, a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/video\/dangerous-dungeon-congressman-addresses-penn-232611391.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">dangerous dungeon<\/a>&#8220;, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/fairness-justice\/democratic-gubernatorial-candidate-calls-penn-station-terrifying-amid-nyc-crime-surge\" rel=\"nofollow\">terrifying<\/a>&#8220;, and countless more &#8220;unpleasantries&#8221; have been exchanged, to be sure, about Penn Station. There have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/04\/10\/podunk-cuomo-manhattan-penn-station-00024206\" rel=\"nofollow\">different plans<\/a> by different governors to &#8220;reimagine&#8221; the City&#8217;s railway system and Penn Station in particular, but no one has actually made much in the way of progress, so far. We thought it might be interesting to go over some of the highlights of its history, as well as some of the most appalling crime stories in recent history. Without further adieu, we bring you these random, curious facts about the structure we all love to hate: Penn Station.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" class=\"wp-image-15646\" src=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/content-manager\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/penn-station-facts.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/penn-station-facts.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/penn-station-facts-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/penn-station-facts-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\r\n<figcaption>Photo by Rafael Le\u00e3o on Unsplash<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Historic Highlights\u00a0of Penn Station<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"491\" class=\"wp-image-15647\" src=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/content-manager\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/history-of-penn-station.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/history-of-penn-station.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/history-of-penn-station-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/history-of-penn-station-768x419.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/>\r\n<figcaption>Original Penn Station, 1911, Courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=32506875\" rel=\"nofollow\">Wikipedia<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pennsylvania_Station_(New_York_City)\" rel=\"nofollow\">original<\/a> Penn Station opened in 1910 and reached its peak in 1945 when 100 million riders used Penn Station every year. It was operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad from 1910 to 1963 and had trains going to and from places like Chicago, St. Louis, Newhaven and even connecting trains to Miami and the west.<\/li>\r\n<li>Frequent passengers referred to it affectionately as the &#8220;Pennsy.&#8221;\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<li>In the late 1950s, intercity rail travel declined dramatically, due in large part to the Interstate Highway System being built.\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<li>In 1962, plans for the new Penn Plaza and Madison Square Garden were announced.<\/li>\r\n<li>&#8216;Modern&#8217; architects hurried to try and save the historical and fancy, ornate building, but alas &#8211; demolition commenced unceremoniously, beginning at the end of 1963. This immediately caused major controversy and international outrage, in headlines everywhere.\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<li>Vincent Scully, an architectural historian, wrote the now-famous words: &#8220;One entered the city like a god. One scuttles in now like a rat,&#8221; of the new structure we know now as Penn Station and its transformation from lovely swan to ugly duckling.\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<li>After 1968, the core of Penn Station went underground &#8211; quite literally.\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<li>In 1994, the Station was renovated to add the LIRR (Long Island Railroad) entrance on 34th Street, and the central corridor, plus other improvements.\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"wp-image-15648\" src=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/content-manager\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/penn-station-lirr-entrance.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/penn-station-lirr-entrance.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/penn-station-lirr-entrance-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/penn-station-lirr-entrance-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\r\n<figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=60386143\" rel=\"nofollow\">By Jim.henderson &#8211; Own work, CC BY 4.0<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3>Post-2000 Ventures<\/h3>\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>After 9\/11 in 2001, the quality of passenger flow decreased after higher security.\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<li>In 2002, security issues were addressed with cameras, extra lighting, barricades, and other safety measures were also implemented.\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<li>Moynihan Train Hall opened in January 2021, named for the man who had conceived it. The $1.6 billion, 255,000-square-foot renovation retained the original, landmarked Beaux-Arts Farley Building, added a central atrium with a glass roof, and finished on time and within budget after three years of construction.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; background-color: #e7edf7; border-radius: 4px; margin: 40px auto 40px auto; text-align: left; padding: 24px 20px 4px 20px;\">Learn more:\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/ten-busiest-subway-stations-in-nyc\/\">A Look Inside the Ten Busiest Subway Stations in New York City<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/brooklyn-bridge-secrets\/\">The 8 Secrets of the Brooklyn Bridge<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/lenape-sites-in-nyc\/\">Lenape Sites in NYC<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">True Random Crime Stories of Penn Station<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3>2022 Machete Attack<\/h3>\r\n<p>At the end of March 2022, headlines screamed about a &#8220;machete attack on the subway&#8221;. An unknown man suddenly approached a 46-year-old man on the staircase inside the 34th Street and Penn Station number 1 train subway station and pulled out a machete. He then struck the other man in the head, fleeing from the site afterward. The man suffered a severe laceration but lived to tell the story.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<h3>Scissors Attack<\/h3>\r\n<p>In January 2022, someone reported a &#8220;scissors attack.&#8221; Apparently, a 28-year-old man with scissors approached a 17-year-old boy on the northbound platform of the A\/C\/E line. The man did not speak; unprovoked, he suddenly slashed the teen in the forehead, then fled the scene.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<h3>Other Attacks<\/h3>\r\n<p>December 2021, in another unprovoked attack on the subway, a 26-year-old man walked up to a sleeping &#8220;straphanger&#8221;, pulled out a knife and plunged it into his neck, then fled. The startled man stumbled out onto the platform and screamed, &#8220;don&#8217;t let me die, I want to live!&#8221; Police on patrol heard the commotion and ran to help the man. Despite efforts, the hospital pronounced him dead.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>At the end of March 2022, someone <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/new-york\/nyc-crime\/ny-random-attack-punch-penn-station-tooth-20220328-zyabea5bg5byfete6cqgwzhhqq-story.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">punched<\/a>\u00a0a 69- year old man to the ground and he lost a tooth. It was a random attack just outside Penn Station near 33rd Street. The old man was minding his own business and did not exchange words with the attacker.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"wp-image-15649\" src=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/content-manager\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/penn-station-stairwells-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/penn-station-stairwells-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/penn-station-stairwells-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/penn-station-stairwells-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/penn-station-stairwells.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\r\n<figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=23655548\" rel=\"nofollow\">By Peetlesnumber1 &#8211; Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All of the items on this list were random, unprovoked crimes that happened within the last 6 months. However, this isn&#8217;t unique to Penn Station. Data shows that crime rates have <a href=\"https:\/\/nyti.ms\/35c4O0v\" rel=\"nofollow\">spiked<\/a> since COVID-19 in NYC. Indeed, 8 subway attacks occurred across the city in just one weekend in February 2022. As a result, Governor and the Mayor have teamed up to launch a city-wide anti-crime campaign. Part of that campaign has included increasing police presence in stations across the city.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Penn Station remains a critical part of New York City. It&#8217;s still one of the largest stations for commuters coming in and out of the city. Some New Yorkers may not favor this major transit hall, but it remains historic.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p><em>Editor&#8217;s Note: We updated this article to enhance readability.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Historic Highlights\u00a0of Penn Station The original Penn Station opened in 1910 and reached its peak in 1945 when 100 million riders used Penn Station every year. It was operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad from 1910 to 1963 and had trains going to and from places like Chicago, St. Louis, Newhaven and even connecting trains to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":15646,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"yes","_lmt_disable":"no","footnotes":""},"categories":[155],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-living"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.1 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Old Penn Station: History and Photos of One of NYC&#039;s Lost Iconic Landmarks - Real Estate Topics, Tips, and Guides<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Penn Station is a landmark of New York City that welcomes plenty of transit on a day to day. It&#039;s time to get the scoop on this hub!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/old-penn-station-history-facts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Old Penn Station: History and Photos of One of NYC&#039;s Lost Iconic Landmarks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Penn Station is a landmark of New York City that welcomes plenty of transit on a day to day. It&#039;s time to get the scoop on this hub!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/old-penn-station-history-facts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Real Estate Topics, Tips, and Guides\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/renthopapartments\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-06-22T19:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-06-22T19:01:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/penn-station-facts.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"667\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Faye Chou\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@renthop\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@renthop\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Faye Chou\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.renthop.com\\\/blog\\\/old-penn-station-history-facts\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.renthop.com\\\/blog\\\/old-penn-station-history-facts\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Faye Chou\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.renthop.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e45fc7f8b860bac994585186fbfa7690\"},\"headline\":\"Old Penn Station: History and Photos of One of NYC&#8217;s Lost Iconic Landmarks\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-06-22T19:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-06-22T19:01:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.renthop.com\\\/blog\\\/old-penn-station-history-facts\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":842,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.renthop.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.renthop.com\\\/blog\\\/old-penn-station-history-facts\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.renthop.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/06\\\/penn-station-facts.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"New York Living\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.renthop.com\\\/blog\\\/old-penn-station-history-facts\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.renthop.com\\\/blog\\\/old-penn-station-history-facts\\\/\",\"name\":\"Old Penn Station: History and Photos of One of NYC's Lost Iconic Landmarks - Real Estate Topics, Tips, and Guides\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.renthop.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.renthop.com\\\/blog\\\/old-penn-station-history-facts\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.renthop.com\\\/blog\\\/old-penn-station-history-facts\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.renthop.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/06\\\/penn-station-facts.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-06-22T19:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-06-22T19:01:29+00:00\",\"description\":\"Penn Station is a landmark of New York City that welcomes plenty of transit on a day to day. It's time to get the scoop on this hub!\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.renthop.com\\\/blog\\\/old-penn-station-history-facts\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.renthop.com\\\/blog\\\/old-penn-station-history-facts\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.renthop.com\\\/blog\\\/old-penn-station-history-facts\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.renthop.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/06\\\/penn-station-facts.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.renthop.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/06\\\/penn-station-facts.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":667},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.renthop.com\\\/blog\\\/old-penn-station-history-facts\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.renthop.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Old Penn Station: History and Photos of One of NYC&#8217;s Lost Iconic Landmarks\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.renthop.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.renthop.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Real Estate Topics, Tips, and Guides\",\"description\":\"Real Estate Blog\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.renthop.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.renthop.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.renthop.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"RentHop\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.renthop.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.renthop.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.renthop.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/renthop-logo-2022-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.renthop.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/renthop-logo-2022-1.png\",\"width\":1044,\"height\":266,\"caption\":\"RentHop\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.renthop.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/renthopapartments\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/renthop\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/renthop\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tiktok.com\\\/@renthopofficial\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.renthop.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e45fc7f8b860bac994585186fbfa7690\",\"name\":\"Faye Chou\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1876a19fe6cedc02db90519074a5f1719065abadd3ac5bfbb6333ea8b7c52156?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1876a19fe6cedc02db90519074a5f1719065abadd3ac5bfbb6333ea8b7c52156?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1876a19fe6cedc02db90519074a5f1719065abadd3ac5bfbb6333ea8b7c52156?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Faye Chou\"},\"description\":\"Faye is the Managing Director of the RentHop Operations team. In her 10 years at RentHop, Faye has written numerous articles on a variety of real estate topics. If you're interested in learning more about the current state of the rental housing market or want Faye's best tips for your apartment search then check out more of her articles.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.renthop.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/faye\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Old Penn Station: History and Photos of One of NYC's Lost Iconic Landmarks - Real Estate Topics, Tips, and Guides","description":"Penn Station is a landmark of New York City that welcomes plenty of transit on a day to day. It's time to get the scoop on this hub!","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/old-penn-station-history-facts\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Old Penn Station: History and Photos of One of NYC's Lost Iconic Landmarks","og_description":"Penn Station is a landmark of New York City that welcomes plenty of transit on a day to day. It's time to get the scoop on this hub!","og_url":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/old-penn-station-history-facts\/","og_site_name":"Real Estate Topics, Tips, and Guides","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/renthopapartments","article_published_time":"2022-06-22T19:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-06-22T19:01:29+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":667,"url":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/penn-station-facts.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Faye Chou","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@renthop","twitter_site":"@renthop","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Faye Chou","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/old-penn-station-history-facts\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/old-penn-station-history-facts\/"},"author":{"name":"Faye Chou","@id":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/e45fc7f8b860bac994585186fbfa7690"},"headline":"Old Penn Station: History and Photos of One of NYC&#8217;s Lost Iconic Landmarks","datePublished":"2022-06-22T19:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2022-06-22T19:01:29+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/old-penn-station-history-facts\/"},"wordCount":842,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/old-penn-station-history-facts\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/penn-station-facts.jpg","articleSection":["New York Living"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/old-penn-station-history-facts\/","url":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/old-penn-station-history-facts\/","name":"Old Penn Station: History and Photos of One of NYC's Lost Iconic Landmarks - Real Estate Topics, Tips, and Guides","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/old-penn-station-history-facts\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/old-penn-station-history-facts\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/penn-station-facts.jpg","datePublished":"2022-06-22T19:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2022-06-22T19:01:29+00:00","description":"Penn Station is a landmark of New York City that welcomes plenty of transit on a day to day. It's time to get the scoop on this hub!","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/old-penn-station-history-facts\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/old-penn-station-history-facts\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/old-penn-station-history-facts\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/penn-station-facts.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/penn-station-facts.jpg","width":1000,"height":667},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/old-penn-station-history-facts\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Old Penn Station: History and Photos of One of NYC&#8217;s Lost Iconic Landmarks"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/","name":"Real Estate Topics, Tips, and Guides","description":"Real Estate Blog","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"RentHop","url":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/renthop-logo-2022-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/renthop-logo-2022-1.png","width":1044,"height":266,"caption":"RentHop"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/renthopapartments","https:\/\/x.com\/renthop","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/renthop","https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@renthopofficial"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/e45fc7f8b860bac994585186fbfa7690","name":"Faye Chou","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1876a19fe6cedc02db90519074a5f1719065abadd3ac5bfbb6333ea8b7c52156?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1876a19fe6cedc02db90519074a5f1719065abadd3ac5bfbb6333ea8b7c52156?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1876a19fe6cedc02db90519074a5f1719065abadd3ac5bfbb6333ea8b7c52156?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Faye Chou"},"description":"Faye is the Managing Director of the RentHop Operations team. In her 10 years at RentHop, Faye has written numerous articles on a variety of real estate topics. If you're interested in learning more about the current state of the rental housing market or want Faye's best tips for your apartment search then check out more of her articles.","url":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/author\/faye\/"}]}},"modified_by":"Allyson Waddell","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15645"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20640,"href":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15645\/revisions\/20640"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}