[US] Doku: The Rise and Fall of Penn Station (NYC)

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[US] Doku: The Rise and Fall of Penn Station (NYC)

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PBS hat eine Reportage über die Geschichte der New Yorker Penn Station ausgestrahlt.
In 1910, the Pennsylvania Railroad 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 New England, knitting together the entire eastern half of the United States. The tunnels terminated in what was one of the greatest architectural achievements of its time, Pennsylvania Station. Penn Station covered nearly eight acres, extended two city blocks, and housed one of the largest public spaces in the world. But just 53 years after the station’s opening, the monumental building that was supposed to last forever, to herald and represent the American Empire, was slated to be destroyed.
Video gibt es (noch) online unter: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperie ... nn/player/
Wie lange PBS solche Sachen i.d.R. online zur Verfügung stellt, kann ich nicht sagen. Also nix wie ran ;-).

Viel Spaß
Charly
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