... that are etched into the bare brick walls of abandoned townhouses and failing businesses. The plaza itself has more potholes than 'The Beetles' "Blackburn Lancashire" featured in "Day in the Life"1; upturned concrete flooring slabs and abandoned vehicles dotted like fireflies force the approach into a pitfall picturesque detour. The main building owes more to the builders of gothic arches than to the American Dream of the Skyscraper. The ticketing hall seems larger than that of Grand Central, maybe because it has been stripped of all but the most inaccessible of its fittings, and even then, some gravity defying feats have been pulled to remove the chandeliers from their privileged positions. Its raw brick surfaces, and the fact that it is currently occupied by three people (as opposed to the thirty thousand commuters and tourists that flood through its still functioning big brother every day) open the space into an ...

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