I am sitting in Penn Station, NY, NY, waiting for a train that will take me to the airport. And I am realizing that there is something about Penn Station which is both fascinating and disturbing.<\/p>\n
Nobody is here because they want to be — everyone here is just passing through on their way to somewhere else. So there is an odd sort of energy, a kind of pervasive restless feeling.<\/p>\n
It’s different from, say, Grand Central Station, which is an actual destination in its own right. Over there, people stop and look around, draw in a deep breath, spend some time taking in the magnificent vaulted ceiling, luxuriate in the sense of spacious grandeur.<\/p>\n
Here it hasn’t been that way since 1963. Once one of the most magnificent buildings in the world, this place is now cramped and soulless, a place nobody wants to be.<\/p>\n
But it’s a place that lots of people need to pass through, while waiting to get to somewhere else. So if nothing else, it’s a really awesome place for people watching.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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