A book about the history of this institution by Joseph Daughen and Peter Binzen focuses on the squabbling between camps led by Stuart Saunders, David Bevan, and its chairman Alfred Perlman. A Marcel Breuer development proposal by this company, rejected under the Landmarks Law led to a Supreme Court case which legitimized the use of transfer of development rights as a mechanism to avoid regulatory takings, [This Company] vs. New York City. In addition to its two titular predecessors, which were famous for the Horseshoe Curve and the Water Level Route respectively, this company was forced by the ICC to take on the New York, New Haven, and Hartford, a commuter-heavy operation whose heavy losses contributed to this comp
A book about the history of this institution by Joseph Daughen and Peter Binzen focuses on the squabbling between camps led by Stuart Saunders, David Bevan, and its chairman Alfred Perlman. A Marcel Breuer development proposal by this company, rejected under the Landmarks Law led to a Supreme Court case which legitimized the use of transfer of development rights as a mechanism to avoid regulatory takings, [This Company] vs. New York City. In addition to its two titular predecessors, which were famous for the Horseshoe Curve and the Water Level Route respectively, this company was forced by the ICC to take on the New York, New Haven, and Hartford, a commuter-heavy operation whose heavy losses contributed to this company's bankruptcy in 1970, a mere two years after formation. For 10 points, name this large and short-lived Northeastern railroad, whose failure led to the passage of the Staggers Act and formation of Conrail.
A book about the history of this institution by Joseph Daughen and Peter Binzen focuses on the squabbling between camps led by Stuart Saunders, David Bevan, and its chairman Alfred Perlman.
{Penn Central Transportation} Company