The rise and fall of Penn Station
Title:
The rise and fall of Penn Station
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American Experience Films presents ; A Film Posse production for American Experience ; WGBH ; produced by Randall MacLowry ; directed and written by Randall MacLowry.
Publication Information:
[Alexandria, Virginia] : PBS, [2014]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (55 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:
9781608830503
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.
Abstract:
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.
Reading Level:
Not rated.
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American experience (Television program)
Contents:
A monument for the ages -- Railroads and real estate -- Building the tunnels -- Designing the station -- Opening Penn Station -- Destruction and legacy.
Credits:
Cinematography, Stephen McCarthy, Jason Longo ; editor, Sabrina Zanella-Foresi ; original music, John Kusiak, P. Andrew Willis.
Performer:
Narrator, Michael Murphy.
Technical Details:
DVD; NTSC; region 1; wide screen presentation; 5.1 surround.
Language:
In English; with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH).