Calling All NYC Architecture Freaks and History Buffs.
Effed in Park Slope | Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at 12:00PM 
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Did you know this year marks the 50th anniversary of the demoliton of the original Penn Station? I didn't. FIPS' own Justin Rivers (a.k.a J. Charles) has been obsessed with the subject for years, and recently wrote a play inspired by it, called The Eternal Space.
The Eternal Space is a two-man play that begins with a coincidental meeting in 1963, launching a three-year conversation about the value of old and new, as one man fights to keep the station standing while the other is instrumental in taking it down. Using original photography from the journalists who documented the station’s destruction and recreations of broadcast recordings as powerful backdrops to the story, The Eternal Space charts an unlikely friendship during the social and cultural upheavals of the mid-1960s.
A reading of selected scenes from the play, set against a backdrop of unique photography of the demolition from some of the subject’s most noteworthy photographers, will take place at the AIANY Center for Architecture’s in the Gerald D. Hines Gallery at 536 LaGuardia Place, New York, NY, at 6:00 PM on Wednesday, November 6th. The event is free, so just click here to register.
Here are some more of the never-before-seen photos that will be on display at this event:
Photo via NormanMcGrath.com
Photo via NormanMcGrath.com
Photo via NormanMcGrath.com
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