Forgotten Borough: Staten Island and the Subway, Kenneth M. Gold
Автор: Tchoban Sergei, Kuznetsov Sergej, Martovitskaya An Название: Speech: 13, Metro Subway ISBN: 3868598405 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783868598407 Издательство: ACC-distribution titles Рейтинг: Цена: 21920.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: speech: 13 looks at the best metro stations that have been built in various corners of the world over the last three years - from Rio de Janeiro and Chicago to Dubai and Singapore, with numerous stops in Europe along the way.
How New York City subways signage evolved from a "visual mess" to a uniform system with Helvetica triumphant.
For years, the signs in the New York City subway system were a bewildering hodge-podge of lettering styles, sizes, shapes, materials, colors, and messages. The original mosaics (dating from as early as 1904), displaying a variety of serif and sans serif letters and decorative elements, were supplemented by signs in terracotta and cut stone. Over the years, enamel signs identifying stations and warning riders not to spit, smoke, or cross the tracks were added to the mix. Efforts to untangle this visual mess began in the mid-1960s, when the city transit authority hired the design firm Unimark International to create a clear and consistent sign system. We can see the results today in the white-on-black signs throughout the subway system, displaying station names, directions, and instructions in crisp Helvetica. This book tells the story of how typographic order triumphed over chaos.
The process didn't go smoothly or quickly. At one point New York Times architecture writer Paul Goldberger declared that the signs were so confusing one almost wished that they weren't there at all. Legend has it that Helvetica came in and vanquished the competition. Paul Shaw shows that it didn't happen that way -- that, in fact, for various reasons (expense, the limitations of the transit authority sign shop), the typeface overhaul of the 1960s began not with Helvetica but with its forebear, Standard (AKA Akzidenz Grotesk). It wasn't until the 1980s and 1990s that Helvetica became ubiquitous. Shaw describes the slow typographic changeover (supplementing his text with more than 250 images -- photographs, sketches, type samples, and documents). He places this signage evolution in the context of the history of the New York City subway system, of 1960s transportation signage, of Unimark International, and of Helvetica itself.
Автор: Joanna Taylor, Edward Biddulph, Victoria Ridgeway Название: A Bath House, Settlement and Industry on Roman Southwark`s North Island: Excavations along the route of Thameslink Borough Viaduct and at London Bridge Station ISBN: 0995663629 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780995663626 Издательство: Marston Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 39600.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: The Thameslink Project, a rail infrastructure upgrade extending from Blackfriars Station in the west to London Bridge Station along the course of the New Borough Viaduct provided the opportunity to investigate the archaeology of a broad swathe of the north island of Roman Southwark, extending over Guy’s Channel and onto Cotton’s Wharf Eyot to the East. This monograph presents the archaeological sequence encountered, set alongside themed discussions which focus on aspects of the settlement’s development, chronology, infrastructure and economy, while specialist artefactual and ecofactual sections present the significant and extensive finds assemblages in detail. Drawing together the results of geoarchaeological boreholes, excavation, finds and environmental analysis, the results have revealed details of the landscape, channels and foreshore of an area south of Cotton’s Wharf Eyot transforming our understanding of this part of the buried landscape. The information has provided details of the development and occupation of Roman Southwark’s north island including construction of early clay and timber buildings, followed by extensive burnt horizons, interpreted as the residues of the Boudican revolt. By the late 1st century most areas had been redeveloped, with many well-appointed new buildings constructed in stone.A substantial masonry bath house represents one of the most significant findings of the project as a whole. The archaeological remains of this nationally important monument, which have been largely preserved in situ and were scheduled on 31 March 2015, epitomise what may remain to be discovered about this area of Londinium, despite the extensive excavation carried out to date.
Автор: Cui Zhen-Dong, Zhang Zhong-Liang, Zhan Zhi-Xiang Название: Dynamics of Freezing-Thawing Soil Around Subway Shield Tunnels ISBN: 9811543410 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789811543418 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 93160.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Artificial freezing for by-pass of subway tunnel.- Chapter 3. Axial strain of silty clay before and after freezing and thawing loading.- Chapter 4. Freezing-thawing on dynamic characteristics of silty clay.- Chapter 5. Microscopic pore structures of silty clay before and after freezing-thawing by SEM.- Chapter 6. Microscopic pore structures of silty clay before and after freezing-thawing by MIP.- Chapter 7. Dynamics of silty clay around subway shield tunnel before and after freezing and thawing by numerical simulation.- Chapter 8. Conclusions and prospects
Автор: Hillen, Henry J Название: History of the borough of king`s lynn (volume ii) ISBN: 9353601754 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789353601751 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 30520.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 26th International Workshop on Functional and Constraint Logic Programming, WFLP 2018, held in Frankfurt/Main, Germany, in September 2018. The papers cover different programming areas of functional and logic programming, including code generation, verification, and debugging.
Автор: Christie, Neil Название: Transforming Townscapes ISBN: 1909662097 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781909662094 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 74510.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Martin Anya, Haggerty Charlotte, Schmitt Ziva Название: The Mystery of the Economy Borough Silver Mine ISBN: 0359247210 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780359247219 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 14390.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Webb, Beatrice Название: The Manor and the Borough ISBN: 0367149443 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367149444 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 132710.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Originally published in 1963, this book examines the English Local Government, and more specifically, the Manor and the Parish, considering the various exemptions, immunities and franchises which enabled the inhabitants of particular localities to exclude the authority of the county at large, or that of one or other of its officers, and thereby enjoy, within their own favoured areas, some peculiar forms of self-government. The book includes chapters on the city and borough of Westminster, the boroughs of Wales, administration by municipal democracies and the municipal revolution.
