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 ofEiffel's Tower andUrban 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...
Superb. A] first-rate narrative (The Wall Street Journal) about the controversial construction of New York s beloved original Penn Station...