Crews began demolishing the historic Penn McKee Hotel, marking the end of an era for a building that once hosted moments of both local and national significance.
“If it happened to McKeesport, it happened in the Penn McKee Hotel,” said Mayor Tommy Maglicco. “Things like the Kennedy and Nixon debate — two congressmen took a train from Washington, D.C., to McKeesport and debated here.”
Maglicco says the city took over the building in 2018, but studies on the building found that repairs would have been too expensive…