http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/05/opinion/the-soul-of-penn-station.html 2016-09-05 09:38:44 The Soul of Penn Station A reader laments the planned demolition of the Amtrak departures board. === To the Editor: Re “ ‘ If the depressing and utilitarian Penn Station can be said to have a soul, it might be the departure board in the Amtrak boarding area. In a place without sunlight, seating, character or sense of place, the huge sign is a gathering place and focal point. Amtrak’s cavalier decision to remove it in favor of a series of monitors eliminates an emblem of unity and destination, and replaces it with what? Yet more isolating screens? DENNIS LONERGAN New York