About this title: When it first opened on October 27, 1904, the New York City subway ran twenty-two miles from City Hall to 145th Street and Lenox Avenue - the longest stretch ever built at one time. From that initial route through the completion of the Independent Subway line (IND) in the 1940s, the subway grew to cover 722 miles - long enough to reach from New ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 1993-09
ISBN-13:9780671677565ISBN:067167756X
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. No tears or chips to the DJ, interior clean and bright, binding tight, a wonderful copy throughout. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780801852442ISBN:0801852447
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Almost as new. Very slight edgewear. No markings or spine creasing. Pages bright and tight. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 352 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: 2nd Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, NY
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780671677565ISBN:067167756X
Description: Illustrated. Very Good + in Good+ Price Clipped jacket. A bright, tight edition. Text is unmarked. Foxing at textbox top, not in interior. DJ is uncut; colorful; some light soil & ruffling from handling. read more
Edition: Number Line 468975
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780801852442ISBN:0801852447
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 9 1/4 X 6 1/4. Pages are tight, bright, and clean. Binding firm and straight. Covers, spine, edges and corners unworn. No apparent wear. 335 pages, acknowledgments, notes & indexed. If needed for reference, research, dissertation or just enjoyment this is the one. Illustrated with B/W photos & five maps. read more
Description: New. 067167756X New. No major marks or damage. Light storage wear. Hardcover, 335 pages, Simon & Schuster (September 1993). The New York subway was the vision of a few enlightened politicians working with a tight-knit mercantile elite who saw the potential that a high-speed underground rail system would have as a vehicle for urban development. Hood (American history, Hobart and William Smith Coll. ) tells the fascinating story of the individuals who created this unparalleled achievement of ... read more
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall Softcover, 336 pages. About fine condition, very minor rub to spine head, otherwise looks and feels new, no names or other markings. read more
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780801880544. read more
"The New York subway system, much like the city itself, mocks hyperbole. The tracks, if stretched end to end, would travel from New York City to Chicago. It has its own police force of 4,250 employees, larger than that of Atlanta of Boston, and it has 469 stations. Forty-six percent of New Yorkers use it to travel to work and Wall Street would cease to function without it.
The book recounts the numerous physical and political barriers that need to be surmounted in accomplishing the huge feat. It's hard to overestimate the impact the system had on the city which relied on surface transport provided mostly by horse=drawn trolleys, making at best three to five miles per hour. The streets were incredibly congested. Crossing the street was a risky proposition.
Beyond the edge of transportation availability was a rural wasteland, and much of the impetus for building the subway network was from those who feared the middle class might leave New York City. Land surrounding the new stations became quite valuable and -- no surprise -- many fortunes were made by those who knew the routes ahead of time and could purchase land before the prices skyrocketed.
The New York City Transit Authority was created to reconcile the conflicting desires of the public: low fares yet high quality service. The NYCTA was supposed to bring management principles and eliminate the need for public subsidies. Ironically, Hood blames the systems decline during the sixties on "the ideology of business management, insulating transit management from the public, and lessening the accountability of top elected officials for transit decisions."
This is a fascinating book that illuminates the political and engineering feats required to complete the system."
"A fascinating account of the building of the New York subway system, from the 19th century until 1953. At 250 pages, however, it feels a little rushed give the amount of material to cover."
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