By 1850, the idea that the extermination of the native population of California was inevitable had been firmly settled in the minds of many white Californians.
The native tribes of California saw themselves as stewards not owners of the land. The white settlers who arrived during the Gold Rush brought a different view.
For some, gold brought tremendous wealth, for others, devastating financial ruin. But its ramifications went well beyond the economic sphere — it also changed the face and shape of America at breakneck speed.
Penn Station took four years to build, and used 27,000 tons of steel, 500,000 cubic feet of granite, 83,000 square feet of skylights, and 17 million bricks.
The year 2013 marked the 50th anniversary of the start of demolition of the original Penn Station. Today, there is much debate over the future of the current Penn Station.
