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"A history of unrealized plans to expand New York City's rapid transit and commuter rail systems"--
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Subjects
Design and construction, Subways, History, Transportation, United states, history, Subways, new york (state), new york, Railroads, united states, history, TRANSPORTATION / Railroads / History, TRANSPORTATION / Public Transportation, HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)Places
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The routes not taken: a trip through New York City's unbuilt subway system
2014, Empire State Editions
in English
0823253694 9780823253692
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Routes Not Taken: A Trip Through New York City's Unbuilt Subway System
2013, Fordham University Press
in English
0823253740 9780823253746
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Book Details
Table of 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
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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
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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 1. The 1944 Service Plan
Appendix 2. The 1947 2nd Avenue Service Plan
Notes
Bibliography
Index.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.