[78-L] Pennsylvania 6-5000, more

[Bob Rice]

  Ya think THIS was bad? Look what they did to Penn Station, right across 
the street!The elegent old romanesque pile of marble that greeted travelers 
in the Chatanuuga Cho Cho daze?"You leave the Pennsylvania Station at a 
quarter to 4, read a magazine and yur in Baltimore"Well it would only be 
right that the Pennsylvania Hotel STILL has the great old number. Hell, 
nowadaze, it has little ELSE? More of our heritage gone to hell!

   The Station was built top last 800 years! That's what they SAID, sigh.We 
used to dig around what passes for the Origional ediface. Little almost 
hidden "leftovers" that linger on, IF ya know where to look?Had alota 
layover time at Penn as an engineer for Amtrak!BEFORE security, after 911 
you could prawl the increadable catacombs BELOW the station!The whole thing 
was amazing!Not to mention 16 MILES of RR tunnels below the Hudson and East 
Rivers that, I'm sure you eastern 78ers MAY still travel, if you ride the 
LIRR or Amtrak, or Jersey Trainset? Look about, the Modern Marvel of 1910, 
STILL serving today! I'm thinking of the TRACK level, STILL as built!

   In Training

   Bob

    Happy note here: P.S .died so GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL(Not Station) LIVES! 
I shout it, as you will get goosebumps walking into the vaulted halls there, 
as God intended, in 1913 when it opened! Kudos to the Metro North Commuter 
RR folks , who put the GRAND back in Grand Central!YOUR tax bux at work. 
SMILE!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <soundthink at aol.com>
To: <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 11:00 AM
Subject: [78-L] Pennsylvania 6-5000


> While checking out prices on hotel rooms in New York, I came across this 
> listing for the still active Hotel Pennsulvania. It still has the same 
> phone number that Glenn Miller's Orchestra trumpeted all over the airwaves 
> more than 60 years ago, but the hotel has fallen on hard times. Here's one 
> recent review from an unsatisfied customer.
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> So Disgusting – TravelerQual – Posted Aug 25, 08
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> Horrible
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> 1 reviews with a budget, traveling for business
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> Please stay away from this disgusting hotel. Door Knobs falling off, dust 
> on the night stands, some type of bug crawling around, the water pressure 
> was excessive, the bathroom smelled, the closets had stains everywhere and 
> the AC did not work properly. The hall is dark and smells and you feel 
> unsafe at night when drunk guests come home and try breaking into your 
> room as they get confused. Never again will I stay at that dump.
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> Cary Ginell
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