The Routes Not Taken : A Trip Through New York City's Unbuilt Subway System /

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"A history of unrealized plans to expand New York City's rapid transit and commuter rail systems"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Raskin, Joseph B.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Empire State Editions, an imprint of Fordham University Press, 2014.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA).
TRANSPORTATION / Public Transportation.
TRANSPORTATION / Railroads / History.
Subways > New York (State) > New York > History.
Subways > New York (State) > New York > Design and construction > History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Contents
  • 1. Building (and Not Building) New York City's Subway System
  • 2. Sound to Shore - The Unbuilt Brooklyn-Queens Crosstown Line
  • 3. Why the No. 7 Line Stops in Flushing
  • 4. The Battle of the Northeast Bronx, Part 1
  • 5. Buy Land Now, Ride the Subway Later
  • 6. Ashland Place and the Mysteries of 76th Street
  • 7. To the City Limits and Beyond
  • 8. The Battle of the Northeast Bronx, Part 2
  • 9. Building the Line That Almost Never Was
  • 10. Other Plans, Other Lines, Other Issues in the Postwar Years
  • 11. What Happened to the Rest of the System?
  • Appendix A: The 1944 Service Plan
  • Appendix B: The 1947 2nd Avenue Service Plan
  • Appendix C: The Cast of Characters
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index.

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