Title:
The rise and fall of Penn Station
Author:
MacLowry, Randall, producer, director, screenwriter.
Publication Information:
[Alexandria, Virginia] : PBS, [2014]
[Alexandria, Virginia?] : PBS Distribution, [2014]
©2014
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (55 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary:
In 1910, the Pennsylvania Railroad, led by the company's president, Alexander Cassatt, successfully accomplished the enormous engineering feat of building tunnels under New York City's Hudson and East Rivers, connecting the railroad to New York and eventually, via the Hell Gate Bridge, to New England, knitting together the entire eastern half of the United States. But just fifty-three years after the station's opening, the unthinkable happened: the financially strapped Pennsylvania Railroad announced Penn Station was slated to be destroyed in order to build Madison Square Garden.
General Note:
Originally broadcast in 2014 as an episode of the PBS television series: American Experience.
Based in part on the book Conquering Gotham: building Penn Station and its tunnels by Jill Jonnes.
Language:
English
Contents:
A monument for the ages -- Railroads and real estate -- Building the tunnels -- Designing the station -- Opening Penn Station -- Destruction and legacy.
Reading Level:
Not rated.
Genre:
Added Uniform Title:
American experience (Television program)
ISBN:
9781608830503
UPC:
841887020527
Format :
DVD
