The rise and fall of Penn Station [DVD] / American Experience Films presents ; A Film Posse production for American Experience ; WGBH ; produced by Randall MacLowry ; directed and written by Randall MacLowry.
Format:
[DVD] /
Publisher:
PBS Distribution,
Copyright Date:
2014
Description:
1 videodisc (55 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Narrator, Michael Murphy. 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.
Contents:
A monument for the ages -- Railroads and real estate -- Building the tunnels -- Designing the station -- Opening Penn Station -- Destruction and legacy.
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.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.