. The New York improvement and tunnel extension of the Pennsylvania railroad. Issued October, 1910 . circular windows of a radius of 33 feet 4 inches,and 66 feet 8 inches wide at the base. There is alsoa window of like size at each end of the waiting room. The dignified design of the interior of the waitingroom, while fully adapted to modern ideas, wassuggested by the great halls and basilicas of Rome,such as the baths of Caracalla, Titus and Diocletian,and the basilica of Constantine, which are perhapsthe greatest examples in history of large roofed-inareas treated in a monumental manner. The
. The New York improvement and tunnel extension of the Pennsylvania railroad. Issued October, 1910 . circular windows of a radius of 33 feet 4 inches,and 66 feet 8 inches wide at the base. There is alsoa window of like size at each end of the waiting room. The dignified design of the interior of the waitingroom, while fully adapted to modern ideas, wassuggested by the great halls and basilicas of Rome,such as the baths of Caracalla, Titus and Diocletian,and the basilica of Constantine, which are perhapsthe greatest examples in history of large roofed-inareas treated in a monumental manner. The main waiting room on the concourse levelis the largest in the world. Within its walls arelocated the ticket offices, baggage checking windows,and telephone and telegraph offices, so convenientlyarranged that a passenger may proceed from one tothe other with a minimum amount of exertion andwithout retracing his steps. Adjoining the generalwaiting room on the west side are waiting rooms, 12 Pen nsylva n ia Station — The Arcade, looking from theSeventh Avenue Entrancetoward the Main Waiting Room. Pennsylvania Station— Arcade Entrance to Loggiaand Main Waiting Room The Pennsylvania Railroads New York Improvement each 58 by 100 feet, for men and women. Theseopen into retiring rooms. The grand stairway, 39 feet 6 inches wide, isconstructed of Italian Travertine stone. It leadsfrom the arcade into the general waiting room, andfrom it one gets a view of the main entrance to thearcade and of the entire waiting room. At the headof this stairway, in the Travertine wall is placed thestatue of Alexander Johnston Cassatt, the dominantpersonality in the Pennsylvania Railroad tunnel andstation project. No greater tribute could be paid tohis genius than the inscription at the base of thestatue, which reads as follows: Alexander Johnston CassattPresident Pennsylvania Railroad Company 1899 1906Whose Foresight, Courage and AbilityAchieved the Extension of thePennsylvania Railroad System intoN
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