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Monday 02 September 1996 23:02 BST

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New Yorkers are fond of talking about the reconstruction, one day, of Pennsylvania Station, which, demolished in 1966, was one of the greatest buildings of this century. The magnificent terminus combined the baths of Diocletian, ultra-modern space planning and the latest in steel-frame technology. It was too good to last.

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