Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroad stations
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Pennsylvania Station Redevelopment Project
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroad stations
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroad stations
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Conquering Gotham
Author: Jill Jonnes
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101218894
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
“Superb. [A] first-rate narrative” (The Wall Street Journal) about the controversial construction of New York’s beloved original Penn Station and its tunnels, from the author of Eiffel's Tower and Urban Forests As bestselling books like Ron Chernow's Titan and David McCullough's The Great Bridge affirm, readers are fascinated with the grand personalities and schemes that populated New York at the close of the nineteenth century. Conquering Gotham re- creates the riveting struggle waged by the great Pennsylvania Railroad to build Penn Station and the monumental system of tunnels that would connect water-bound Manhattan to the rest of the continent by rail. Historian Jill Jonnes tells a ravishing tale of snarling plutocrats, engineering feats, and backroom politicking packed with the most colorful figures of Gilded Age New York. Conquering Gotham will be featured in an upcoming episdoe of PBS's American Experience.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101218894
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
“Superb. [A] first-rate narrative” (The Wall Street Journal) about the controversial construction of New York’s beloved original Penn Station and its tunnels, from the author of Eiffel's Tower and Urban Forests As bestselling books like Ron Chernow's Titan and David McCullough's The Great Bridge affirm, readers are fascinated with the grand personalities and schemes that populated New York at the close of the nineteenth century. Conquering Gotham re- creates the riveting struggle waged by the great Pennsylvania Railroad to build Penn Station and the monumental system of tunnels that would connect water-bound Manhattan to the rest of the continent by rail. Historian Jill Jonnes tells a ravishing tale of snarling plutocrats, engineering feats, and backroom politicking packed with the most colorful figures of Gilded Age New York. Conquering Gotham will be featured in an upcoming episdoe of PBS's American Experience.
New Yorks Pennsylvania Stations
Author: Hilary Ballon
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393730784
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
This book recounts the heroic story of a public landmark: the masterpiece by McKim, Mead & White that opened in 1910, its tragic demolition in the 1960s, and the dazzling new station by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, due to open in 2005.".
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393730784
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
This book recounts the heroic story of a public landmark: the masterpiece by McKim, Mead & White that opened in 1910, its tragic demolition in the 1960s, and the dazzling new station by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, due to open in 2005.".
Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1998
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 938
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 938
Book Description
Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1998: Department of Transportation
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 942
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 942
Book Description
Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1996
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1526
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1526
Book Description
Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2001
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Dept. of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 2018
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 2018
Book Description
Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1997
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1534
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1534
Book Description
Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1997: Department of Transportation
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1520
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1520
Book Description
Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1996: Department of Transportation, General Accounting Office, National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), National Transportation Safety Board
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Transportation and Related Agencies
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1020
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1020
Book Description