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New York's Original Penn Station: Rise & Tragic Fall American of Landmark Kaplan

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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Location: Burlington, Connecticut

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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

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