“Historical preservation” in architecture should mean “rehabilitation of a structure with its original decor, adapted for modern use and regulations.” For commercial structures it much more often means “remove a few cool fixtures for reuse, demolish everything but the interesting parts of the facade, and build an entirely-new building behind it.” Sometimes they keep the building but strip it down to bare brick walls, which is pretty disingenuous when the original walls were plastered, papered or painted, and had pressed metal or hand-carved wooden crown moldings.
Guessing you can tell how I feel about this topic
Anyway, the facades of the structures at the future Penn South will almost certainly be incorporated in a new station headhouse and mixed-use tower.
Guessing you can tell how I feel about this topic
Anyway, the facades of the structures at the future Penn South will almost certainly be incorporated in a new station headhouse and mixed-use tower.