ICYMI: PBS's American Experience on "The Rise and Fall of Penn Station"

For all my architecture buffs in the world, on Wednesday night, PBS's program American Experience aired a program about the construction of Pennsylvania Station (or Penn Station as it is also known as) in New York City. In 1910, the Pennsylvania Railroad successfully accomplished the enormous engineering feat of building tunnels under New York City's Hudson and East Rivers, which helped to connect the railroad to New York and the New England region thus uniting 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 destroy.

The program had some amazing photographs and videos of the old station. If you love architecture and history, this show is a must see!