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