Railway Stations: From the Gare de L'est to Penn Station

by Alessia Ferrarini

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This books presents a history of the railway station, from the Gare de L’Est in Paris of the 1850s to the striking proposal by David Childs of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill’s for a new Pennsylvania Station in New York City at the end of the 1990s. Spanning over 100 years of innovative design, this volume provides an overview of a building type that has long captured the imagination of architects and non-architects alike… (more)

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Stazioni: dalle Gare dell'est alla Penn Station

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2004 (Italian)

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This books presents a history of the railway station, from the Gare de L’Est in Paris of the 1850s to the striking proposal by David Childs of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill’s for a new Pennsylvania Station in New York City at the end of the 1990s. Spanning over 100 years of innovative design, this volume provides an overview of a building type that has long captured the imagination of architects and non-architects alike

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