In this weekend's New York Times, Nicolai Ouroussoff inventories the list of New York City buildings that ought to be torn down for being ugly and having a "traumatic effect on the city."

Coming in at the top of his list? Madison Square Garden and Penn Station. Ouroussoff calls Penn Station "one of the city's most dehumanizing spaces: a warren of cramped corridors and waiting areas buried under the monstrous drum of the Garden." Ouch.

After describing Gov. Paterson's efforts to transform Penn Station despite the Garden's decision not to move, Ouroussoff calls for a much more aggressive plan to build a contemporary version of the old Penn Station, with light and airy spaces and cavernous entry halls. "Any other plan is just fiddling around." A difficult sell in these times of over-stretched budgets, but nonetheless an entertaining article.