5. Coal-Fired Power Plant of Penn Station
The above building, located on 31st Street is the original coal-fired power plant of the station, built as a mirror image using the same Tennessee granite as the lost Stanford White masterpiece. This is the closet we’ll get to sensing the scale and materials of the original station, and it is certainly the largest remnant of Penn Station that still exists.
Get tickets to our upcoming tour of the Remnants of Penn Station to see many more remnants not covered here The tour is led by Justin Rivers, playwright of The Eternal Space, a play about the demolition of Penn Station:
Next, check out the Top 10 Secrets of the Original Penn Station. Get in touch with the author @untappedmich.
