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product_id: 221217
title: "Conquering Gotham: Building Penn Station and Its Tunnels"
brand: "jill jonnes"
price: "141.79 DT"
currency: TND
in_stock: true
reviews_count: 11
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# Conquering Gotham: Building Penn Station and Its Tunnels

**Brand:** jill jonnes
**Price:** 141.79 DT
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

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- **What is this?** Conquering Gotham: Building Penn Station and Its Tunnels by jill jonnes
- **How much does it cost?** 141.79 DT with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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Conquering Gotham: Building Penn Station and Its Tunnels

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## Customer Reviews

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    A Sad Monument?
  

*by F***N on Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2015*

Anything about the Pennsylvania Railroad grabs my interest.  When the biggest railroad undertakes construction of the biggest station in the biggest city in the USA, the subject swells on my radar.  The auther covers the dreaming, the planning, the maneuvering and the unimaginable deployment of men and machines (and no doubt quite a few animals) that toiled so that Penn Station could arise.  Not so widely known, and I have to include my self in this uninformed group before reading Conquering Gotham, is the fact that Penn Station never really succeeded.  It failed to ignite a boom in Hell's Kitchen real estate that was predicted by its advocates, and for the final decade of its life was part of a (misguided) argument that held up the grimy monument as one of the causes of  Hell's Kitchen's misfortunes.  Much like the PRR's flagship Broadway Limited  which was second to none in any aspect of First Class train travel, but a very distant second to the rival 20th Century Limited of the New York Central,  Penn Station just wasn't as successful as it could or should have been.  This in no way lets the short-sighted money people who caused Pennsylvania Station's shameful destruction off the hook.  Thank you author Jonnes for bringing all this history to life.

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    Very well researched and written.
  

*by J***R on Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2022*

The building of the tunnels and station is fascinating, as is the man who was the driving force behind it, Alexander Cassatt.

### ⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Well-Written and Holistic
  

*by I***R on Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2023*

Excellent history covering the politics, culture and economic and technological dynamism of Gilded Age New York City, and, to some extent the U.S. as a whole. Lots of deep character exploration along with engineering and business detail. Reads like a novel with th a poignant ending. Highly recommended!

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