Here is the first section of the LIRR section of penn station (NYP)/
MTA Unveils First Section of New 18-Foot Ceilings at Penn Station’s LIRR Concourse | Flickr
Between this and the Moynihan Train Hall, there’s less scuttling in and out like a rat these days…
60 years later it still looks like a construction site. I well recall the bare plywood walls in the LIRR area.