Description: Brand New New York's Original Penn StationThe Rise and Tragic Fall of an American Landmarkby Paul M. Kaplan In early twentieth-century New York, few could have imagined a train terminal as grandiose as Pennsylvania Station. Yet, executives at the Pennsylvania Railroad secretly bought up land in Manhattan's infamous Tenderloin District to build one of the world's most spectacular monuments. Sandhogs would battle the fiercest of nature to build tunnels linking Manhattan to New Jersey and Long Island. For decades, Penn Station was a center of elegance and pride. But the ensuing rise of the airplane and automobile began to diminish train travel. Consequently, in the mid-1960s, the station was tragically destroyed. The loss inspired the birth of preservation laws in the city and the nation that would save other landmarks like Grand Central. Author Paul Kaplan recounts the trials and triumphs of New York's Penn Station.
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Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Book Title: New York's Original Penn Station : the Rise and Tragic Fall of an American Landmark
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.3in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Paul Kaplan
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Railroads / General, Railroads / History, Museums, Tours, Points of Interest, Buildings / Landmarks & Monuments, United States / Northeast / Middle Atlantic (NJ, NY, Pa)
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2019
Genre: Travel, Architecture, Transportation, History
Item Weight: 0.7 Oz
Number of Pages: 176 Pages
