The Rise & Fall of Penn Station

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Michael Murphy

Narrator

Age : 86 | Popularity : 68%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Writer	Randall MacLowry Jill Jonnes
Directing	Director	Randall MacLowry
Sound	Music	John Kusiak P. Andrew Willis
	Supervising Sound Editor	Coll Anderson
	Sound Recordist	David Williams J.T. Takagi John Chiarolanzio
	Sound Mixer	John Jenkins
	Sound Effects Editor	Matt Snedecor
	Dialogue Editor	Wyatt Sprague
	Musician	Jill Dreeben Si-Jing Huang Sato Knudsen Ronan Lefkowitz Jon Menkis Richard Sebring Lisa Suslowicz
	Orchestrator	P. Andrew Willis Rob Jaret
	Original Music Composer	Joel Goodman
Crew	Cinematography	Stephen McCarthy
	Editorial Staff	Don Wyllie
	Post Production Assistant	Michael H. Amundson Spencer Gentry John Jenkins-Stark
	Post Production Supervisor	Vanessa Ezersky
	Translator	Leslie Strain
	Production Office Assistant	Lauren Noyes Jonathan McConnell
	Legal Services	Scott Kardel Janice Flood Jay Fialkov
	Production Intern	Peter Cramer Rebecca Bellan Yadi Peng Carlos Uribe
Editing	Archival Footage Research	Boyd Paul Strain Jr. David Schroeder Marjorie McNinch Michael Dolan
	Editorial Services	Danny Rivera
	Assistant Editor	Afton Ojuri
Visual Effects	Animation	Jonathan Nee Alisa Placas Frutman Anna Davis Saraceno
Production	Production Manager	Nancy Sherman David Schroder
	Producer	Susan Bellows Randall MacLowry Lauren Prestileo Michael Rossi Molly Jacobs
	Executive Producer	Sharon Grimberg Mark Samels
	Coordinating Producer	Susan Mottau Tracy Heather Strain
	Publicist	Lauren Prestileo Cara White
	Production Accountant	Nancy Sherman Leann Lewis
Art	Art Department Assistant	Aaron Nee
	Art Department Manager	Colin Mahoney
Camera	Director of Photography	Jason Longo
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