Subway: The Curiosities, Secrets, and Unofficial History of the New York City Transit System

Subway: The Curiosities, Secrets, and Unofficial History of the New York City Transit System – Ebook PDF Instant Download/Delivery ISBN: 9780762467891,0762467894

Product details:

• ISBN 10:0762467894
• ISBN 13: 9780762467891
• Author: John E. Morris

Subway: The History, Curiosities, and Secrets of the New York City Transit System by John E. Morris is both a vivid history of this great transportation system and an exploration of its impact on the city and popular culture. The book covers every remarkable moment, from the technical obstacles and corruption that impeded plans for an underground rail line in the 1800s, to the current state of the system and plans for the future; profiles of the colorful, forgotten characters who built and restored the subway; graphics and imagery showing the evolution of subway cars and the way fares are collected; how subway etiquette rules have evolved with society; great subway chase scenes and songs about the subway; a look at abandoned stations and half-built tunnels; and more.

Table contents:

1 Horse-Drawn Gridlock and Dreams of a Subway

2 Men, Mules, and Dynamite: Building the IRT

3 The Forgotten Mogul

4 The Engineers Who Made the Subway Possible

5 Defects in the New Marvel

6 The Lost Decade and the Dual Contracts

7 A Very Different Subway

8 The Pugnacious Mayor and the Media Baron

9 Unification and Demolition

10 How New Lines Shaped the City

11 Dream On

12 Near-Death Experience

13 From Horror Shows to Sitcoms

14 How to Get There

15 Literature Goes Underground

16 Promises, Promises

17 Epilogue and Prologue

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