LEADER 05232nam 2200709 450 001 9910463054703321 005 20211005080813.0 010 $a0-8232-5375-9 010 $a0-8232-6110-7 010 $a0-8232-5532-8 010 $a0-8232-5374-0 035 $a(CKB)2670000000427386 035 $a(EBL)1507499 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001000592 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11545660 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001000592 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10951617 035 $a(PQKB)10485460 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000292602 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3239852 035 $a(OCoLC)867741624 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse27577 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1507499 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4721553 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3239852 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10769547 035 $a(OCoLC)868953102 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4703330 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4703330 035 $a(OCoLC)962451481 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000427386 100 $a20130520h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe routes not taken $ea trip through New York City's unbuilt subway system /$fJoseph B. Raskin 210 1$aNew York :$cEmpire State Editions, an imprint of Fordham University Press,$d[2014] 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (681 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8232-6740-7 311 $a0-8232-5369-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aMachine generated contents note: -- 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 - 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 - 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 1. The 1944 Service Plan -- Appendix 2. The 1947 2nd Avenue Service Plan -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. 330 $a"A history of unrealized plans to expand New York City's rapid transit and commuter rail systems"--$cProvided by publisher. 330 $a"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"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aSubways$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xDesign and construction$xHistory 606 $aSubways$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSubways$xDesign and construction$xHistory. 615 0$aSubways$xHistory. 676 $a388.4/2097471 700 $aRaskin$b Joseph B$01050613 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463054703321 996 $aThe routes not taken$92480524 997 $aUNINA