Robert A. Van Wyck, mayor of the greater city of New York, broke ground for the first subway line by City Hall on March 24, 1900. It took four years, six months, and twenty-three days to build the line from City Hall to West 145th Street in Harlem. Things rarely went that quickly ever again. The Routes Not Taken explores the often dramatic stories behind the unbuilt or unfinished subway lines, shedding light on a significant part of New York City’s history that has been almost completely ignored until now. Home to one of the world’s largest subway systems, New York City made constant efforts to expand its underground labyrinth, efforts that were often met with unexpected obstacles: financial shortfalls, clashing agendas of mayors and borough presidents, battles with local community groups, and much more. After discovering a copy of the 1929 subway expansion map, author Joseph Raskin began his own investigation into the city’s underbelly. Using research from libraries, historical societies, and transit agencies throughout the New York metropolitan area, Raskin provides a fascinating history of the Big Apple’s unfinished business that until now has been only tantalizing stories retold by public-transit experts. The Routes Not Taken sheds light on the tunnels and stations that were completed for lines that were never fulfilled: the efforts to expand the Hudson tubes into a fullfledged subway; the Flushing line, and why it never made it past Flushing; a platform underneath Brooklyn’s Nevins Street station that has remained unused for more than a century; and the 2nd Avenue line—long the symbol of dashed dreams—deferred countless times since the original plans were presented in 1929. Raskin also reveals the figures and personalities involved, including why Fiorello LaGuardia could not grasp the importance of subway lines and why Robert Moses found them to be old and boring. By focusing on the unbuilt lines, Raskin illustrates how the existing subway system is actually a Herculean feat of countless political compromises. Filled with illustrations of the extravagant expansion plans, The Routes Not Taken provides an enduring contribution to the transportation history of New York City.
Robert A. Van Wyck, mayor of the greater city of New York, broke ground for the first subway line by City Hall on March 24, 1900. It took four years, six months, and twenty-three days to build the line from City Hall to West 145th Street in Harlem. Things rarely went that quickly ever again. The Routes Not Taken explores the often dramatic stories behind the unbuilt or unfinished subway lines, shedding light on a significant part of New York City’s history that has been almost completely ignored until now. Home to one of the world’s largest subway systems, New York City made constant efforts to expand its underground labyrinth, efforts that were often met with unexpected obstacles: financial shortfalls, clashing agendas of mayors and borough presidents, battles with local community groups, and much more. After discovering a copy of the 1929 subway expansion map, author Joseph Raskin began his own investigation into the city’s underbelly. Using research from libraries, historical societies, and transit agencies throughout the New York metropolitan area, Raskin provides a fascinating history of the Big Apple’s unfinished business that until now has been only tantalizing stories retold by public-transit experts. The Routes Not Taken sheds light on the tunnels and stations that were completed for lines that were never fulfilled: the efforts to expand the Hudson tubes into a fullfledged subway; the Flushing line, and why it never made it past Flushing; a platform underneath Brooklyn’s Nevins Street station that has remained unused for more than a century; and the 2nd Avenue line—long the symbol of dashed dreams—deferred countless times since the original plans were presented in 1929. Raskin also reveals the figures and personalities involved, including why Fiorello LaGuardia could not grasp the importance of subway lines and why Robert Moses found them to be old and boring. By focusing on the unbuilt lines, Raskin illustrates how the existing subway system is actually a Herculean feat of countless political compromises. Filled with illustrations of the extravagant expansion plans, The Routes Not Taken provides an enduring contribution to the transportation history of New York City.
Автор: Joseph May Название: Fluid New York ISBN: 0822354721 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780822354727 Издательство: Wiley EDC Рейтинг: Цена: 25150.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
Hurricane Sandy was a fierce demonstration of the ecological vulnerability of New York, a city of islands. Yet the storm also revealed the resilience of a metropolis that has started during the past decade to reckon with its aqueous topography. In Fluid New York, May Joseph describes the many ways that New York, and New Yorkers, have begun to incorporate the city's archipelago ecology into plans for a livable and sustainable future. For instance, by cleaning its tidal marshes, the municipality has turned a previously dilapidated waterfront into a space for public leisure and rejuvenation.
Joseph considers New York's relation to the water that surrounds and defines it. Her reflections reach back to the city's heyday as a world-class port—a past embodied in a Dutch East India Company cannon recently unearthed from the rubble at the World Trade Center site—and they encompass the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy in 2012. They suggest that New York's future lies in the reclamation of its great water resources—for artistic creativity, civic engagement, and ecological sustainability.
Автор: Juergens George Название: Joseph Pulitzer and the New York World ISBN: 0691623597 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691623597 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 58080.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: To determine how and why Pulitzer turned the unsuccessful New York World into the most widely read and probably the most prosperous newspaper in the country, Professor Juergens isolates and analyzes the special qualities of Pulitzer`s new style of journalism. Originally published in 1966. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-dema
Автор: Rammelkamp Julian S. Название: Pulitzer`s Post Dipatch ISBN: 069165008X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691650081 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 136550.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Professor Rammelkamp examines the St. Louis Post-Dispatch during its formative years, seeing it as the foundation of the highly successful World and of Pulitzer`s career itself. Originally published in 1967. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the disti
Автор: Harris Roy J. Jr. Название: Pulitzer`s Gold: A Century of Public Service Journalism ISBN: 0231170297 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780231170291 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 31680.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: The Joseph Pulitzer Gold Medal for public service is awarded to news organizations for reporting that moves readers, provokes change, and advances the journalistic profession. Updated to reflect new winners and changes in media practice and business, Pulitzer`s Gold goes behind the scenes to explain the mechanics and effects of these groundbreaking works. Veteran journalist Roy J. Harris Jr. adds fascinating new detail to well-known accounts of the Washington Post`s Watergate coverage and the Boston Globe revelations of the Catholic Church`s sexual-abuse cover-up. He examines recent Pulitzer-winning coverage of government surveillance of U.S. citizens and the exposes that revealed neglect at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and municipal thievery in Bell, California. His one-hundred-year history follows all types of reporting: environmental, business, disaster coverage, and more.
Автор: Rammelkamp Julian S. Название: Pulitzer`s Post Dipatch ISBN: 0691623422 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691623429 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 47520.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Professor Rammelkamp examines the St. Louis Post-Dispatch during its formative years, seeing it as the foundation of the highly successful World and of Pulitzer`s career itself. Originally published in 1967. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the disti
Автор: Harris Roy J. Jr. Название: Pulitzer`s Gold: A Century of Public Service Journalism ISBN: 0231170289 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780231170284 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 105600.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: The Joseph Pulitzer Gold Medal for public service is awarded to news organizations for reporting that moves readers, provokes change, and advances the journalistic profession. Updated to reflect new winners and changes in media practice and business, Pulitzer`s Gold goes behind the scenes to explain the mechanics and effects of these groundbreaking works. Veteran journalist Roy J. Harris Jr. adds fascinating new detail to well-known accounts of the Washington Post`s Watergate coverage and the Boston Globe revelations of the Catholic Church`s sexual-abuse cover-up. He examines recent Pulitzer-winning coverage of government surveillance of U.S. citizens and the exposes that revealed neglect at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and municipal thievery in Bell, California. His one-hundred-year history follows all types of reporting: environmental, business, disaster coverage, and more.
