http://www.ifallsdailyjournal.com/news/editorials/backus-ab-roof-project-gettin-it-done-9592 Comments for "Backus/AB roof project: Gettin’ it done" en http://www.ifallsdailyjournal.com/news/editorials/backus-ab-roof-project-gettin-it-done-9592 <p>By Ward Merrill, Executive Director</p> <p>I just completed a fascinating book with some interesting analogies to the Backus/AB complex.<br /> “Conquering Gotham: The Construction of Penn Station and Its Tunnels” by Jill Jonnes was a tremendous “Gilded Age epic” which told of the massive turn of the century project by the Pennsylvania Railroad to build the first “subaqueous” tunnels under the Hudson and East Rivers to reach Manhattan.</p> <br class="clear" /><p><a href="http://www.ifallsdailyjournal.com/news/editorials/backus-ab-roof-project-gettin-it-done-9592">read more</a></p> http://www.ifallsdailyjournal.com/news/editorials/backus-ab-roof-project-gettin-it-done-9592#comments Editorials Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:10:07 -0500 Journal Staff 9592 at http://www.ifallsdailyjournal.com