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The Rise and Fall of Penn Station

Trace the brief life of New York's Pennsylvania Station which opened to the public in 1910. It was a massive civil engineering project, covering nearly eight acres and requiring the construction of 16 miles of underground tunnels. No one could imagine that this architectural marvel built for the ages would be torn down a few decades later - whose destruction spurred landmarks preservation.
IMDb 7.653min2014X-Ray7+
Documentary•Historical•Edifying•Downbeat
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Audio languages
English
Subtitles
English [CC]
Directors
Randall MacLowry
Producers
Randall MacLowryMichael Rossi
Cast
Michael Murphy
Studio
PBS
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