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Note on verso: "The original Ektachrome film on which the scan was made in May, 2024 was so degraded that I mistook it for a color negative. Restored it produced an o.k. color scan which I reworked in B+W to produce the incredibly sharp print you see here. Perhaps the best photograph I ever took of the Main Concourse." N.M.G.

Note on verso: "The original of this view was 120 Ektachrome that was so degraded (orange color) that I mistook it for negative film and decided not to print it. However with care and restoration this print was possible. Converted to black and white was spectacular." N.M.G.

Note on verso: "This marvelous roof structure was largely unseen outside except from a high vantage point in the right place. This view from the roof of the Waiting Hall west to the current location of Hudson Yards + Moynihan." N.M.G.

Note on verso: "This elevation of the east facade of Penn Station represents the widest angle view possible of the main entrance at that time."

Note on verso: "Original film was so contrasty it was unprintable at the time. Only much later was it possible with the aid of Photoshop and HDR (High Dynamic Range) to produce a usable scan. That was around 2017." N.M.G.

Note on verso: "If you look closely you will see a 1964 Dodge car on display. An ironic touch." N.M.G.

Note on verso: "The south end of the Waiting Hall is the only essential element of the station visible behind the concealing facade. No exterior signage whatever." N.M.G.

Note on verso: "The 10' diameter clock, at bottom right, was above the original entry from the Waiting Hall to the Concourse." N.M.G.

Note on verso: "Rubble on the newly created floor for M.S.G. below. Roof and ceiling are gone." N.M.G.

Note on verso: "Nowhere on the exterior were there any signs indicating either the location of the main entrance or that it was in fact Pennsylvania Station. Strange." N.M.G.

Note on verso: "This photograph shows the newly inserted street level floor on which Madison Square Garden now sits. In background 34th Street." N.M.G.

Full title: Penn Station looking northeast. The Arcade is gone. Note tracks below and rear of east facade with Pennsylvania Hotel in background.

Note on verso: "I included myself in this photo for scale. I used delayed action on my camera. See shadow at left."

Note: The roof and the ceiling are gone with only the steel support remaining. Below the new street-level floor is covered with the remains of the coffered ceiling with columns for the new Madison Square Garden protruding through." N.M.G.

Note on verso: "This view is looking north with 34th Street in the background, 33rd Street is concealed by the horizontal beam in the center. Very little development occurred between the streets while the station was standing, as can be seen."