The rise and fall of Penn Station, American Experience Films presents ; A Film Posse production for American Experience ; WGBH ; produced by Randall MacLowry ; directed and written by Randall MacLowry
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The rise and fall of Penn Station, American Experience Films presents ; A Film Posse production for American Experience ; WGBH ; produced by Randall MacLowry ; directed and written by Randall MacLowry
Language
eng
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videorecording
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Not rated
Main title
The rise and fall of Penn Station
Oclc number
866951033
Responsibility statement
American Experience Films presents ; A Film Posse production for American Experience ; WGBH ; produced by Randall MacLowry ; directed and written by Randall MacLowry
Runtime
55
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
Table Of Contents
A monument for the ages -- Railroads and real estate -- Building the tunnels -- Designing the station -- Opening Penn Station -- Destruction and legacy
Technique
live action
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Rise & fall of Penn StationAmerican Experience
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- Documentary television programs
- Railroad stations -- New York (State) -- New York -- History
- Railroads -- New York (State) -- New York -- History
- McKim, Mead & White
- Historical television programs
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- New York (N.Y.) -- Buildings, structures, etc -- History
- Nonfiction television programs
- Pennsylvania Railroad -- History
- Pennsylvania Station (New York, N.Y.) -- History
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- Documentary television programs
- Railroad stations -- New York (State) -- New York -- History
- Railroads -- New York (State) -- New York -- History
- McKim, Mead & White
- Historical television programs
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- New York (N.Y.) -- Buildings, structures, etc -- History
- Nonfiction television programs
- Pennsylvania Railroad -- History
- Pennsylvania Station (New York, N.Y.) -- History
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