Pennsylvania Station

The pending demolition of Pennsylvania Station was announced in 1961, eight years after William Zeckendorf signed an agreement with PRR to build Madison Square Garden atop the station. As part of an $50,000,000 agreement, Madison Square Garden was expected to be completed in 1964, with the main waiting room of Pennsylvania Station left in its current state with added amenities and modernization. The Garden would be constructed on the eighth avenue side while to office complex and hotel would be erected on the seventh avenue portion. The project would be headed by Charles Luckman of Associates of New York. and would include additional amenities such as a new passage for passengers to get from the underground station to the arena, a ballroom space for sports and common areas to watch television. Irving M. Felt, current president of the Madison Square Garden Inc., stated that no government funding would be needed to fund the project, although the estimated cost could reach up to $100,000,000. Although plans to demolition the aboveground portion of the station were announced the year prior, Madison Square Garden Inc.…

The event organizer in this case identified Madison Square Garden, located in Manhattan, New York, as the main venue for The GULLS Event. The venue was verified through a site checklist to determine if the site will meet the GULLS demands for the event. The venue has a capacity of 20,000, big enough to host the intended GULLS event. Due to the nature of the event, Madison Square Garden will provide enough space where people can stand during the concert. The venue has the Public Address System;…

I live in the heart of Manhattan. I live one block away from Penn station, in between 34th and 35th street on 8th avenue. I live at the Wyndham New Yorker Hotel. I am in a very populated area of New York City. It is not populated with lots of residence but with commuters and tourists. The building that I live at is the only place on my block that you can reside. You can tell that my street is very touristy and very convenient for commuters. The buildings that are on my streets are all…

of waking up, getting coffee, and strolling all throughout Manhattan. As we walked out of Penn Station I knew summer was officially coming to an end because I could feel the cold air hitting my face. We took the train and headed to the Lower East Side, which is known to be fairly close to China Town and Little Italy. The Lower East Side is southeastern of the city. The area has been known to be home to many immigrants from China, Russia, and Italy. The area has historically been known as a…

Chester County is where I have been raised all my life, it’s a wonderful area. It is located in southern Pennsylvania in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area, about fifteen miles from Philadelphia. Specifically it is located at 40.0010 degrees N, 75.8069 degrees W. William Penn founded the county in 1682 making it one of his three original Pennsylvania colonies. It was named after Chester, England. The landscape is beautiful here, lots of rolling hills and valleys flourishing with wildlife and…

Grand Central terminal was originally created to be a train station and still serves that purpose today. Owned by the Vanderbilt’s, Grand Central Terminal earned its name as a terminal because all railways end there, it's always been referred to as Grand Central station. Grand Central Terminal is not only iconic structure in the middle of New York City, but is still a working train stain to help people on their daily commute to places inside the immediate tri-state area and the east coast. …

Yesterday I visited Grand Central Station- or I should say terminal, the famous station as changed its names many times throughout the last hundred years. Grand Central’s birth was from a tragedy and underwent many changes from presidents, to abandoned tracks to restaurants, to rebuilding this station is an American Icon. The chief engineer was William J Wilgus and build two version of the terminal before the third and final station designed by Reed and Stem and Warren and Wetmore had been…

Employee benefits are one of the largest investments a company makes. “Benefits make up an important component of the employment relationship, providing employees with financial protection, access to health care and programs to support work/life balance” (Kwon, J. and Hein, P., 2013 page 32). Although employers are careful in creating and managing the benefit program, they often failed to look at the other benefit programs. As a result, the employers may not get the highest return for the…

Gerard Jones is an American author and a comic book writer about media. Jones argued in his essay “Violent Media Is Good for Kids” to discuss several good reasons that violent media is beneficial to kids. In Jones’s essay, he talked about many good reasons that led me to be certain of his reasons why violent media are helpful to kids. Jones believes violent media assistances children to be more courageous to face their obstacles. Jones gave a very good example of his son, who was not able to…

Introduction William Penn greatly explored the ‘New World’ of Pennsylvania, encountered the people of his new land, and exchanged peace, hope, equal rights, and brotherly love with the newcomers to his “Holy Experiment.” Before he did this though, he did many things back in the European countries. He had many failures but soon was successful in his own ways. Penn got his huge area of the ‘New World’ because King Charles II was in debt to Penn’s recently deceased father. To repay this debt, King…