Author: Paul DuBois JacobsPublisher: Gibbs Smith
ISBN: 9781586853570
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Relates the sights and sounds of a subway ride through the boroughs of New York City.
Subway City
Author: Michael W. BrooksPublisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 9780813523965
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Traces the development of the subway from its inception to its decline as an overcrowded and dangerous part of city life - Explores how it has been represented in film and art - Gives women's experiences of the subway - Examines the city's racial tensions - Skyscapers - Spatial layout of the city - Urban space.
Subway Ride
Author: Heather MillerPublisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780606373524
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
For use in schools and libraries only. Five children pay the fare, pass through the gates, and zip through the tunnels of subway stations in ten cities around the globe. The trip around the world underscores how travel and cultural connections create community.
The Underground Guide to New York City Subways
Author: Dave FrattiniPublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312253842
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 413
Book Description
The only guide you will ever need to travel around New York City by subway.From the theater district of trendy Manhattan to the quaint residential neighborhoods of Queens, every single station in the four boroughs has been researched to help you maneuver the system like a pro.Highly Informative and Resourceful, The Book's Highlight's Include:Noteworthy stations featuring the best in underground artThe best nearby restaurants for affordable, informal and ethnic diningInsightful historic information on the IND, BMT, and IRT transit linesA token rating scale that gives an honest assessment of each station'sDecorCleanlinessSafetySurrounding neighborhoodsNearby points of interest such as museums, theaters, parks and shoppingNew York City residents and visitors alike will find this comprehensive handbook indispensable for riding the mass transit rails.
Riding the New York Subway
Author: Stefan HohnePublisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 026236199X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
A history of New York subway passengers as they navigated the system's constraints while striving for individuality, or at least a smooth ride. When the subway first opened with much fanfare on October 27, 1904, New York became a city of underground passengers almost overnight. In this book, Stefan Höhne examines how the experiences of subway passengers in New York City were intertwined with cultural changes in urban mass society throughout the twentieth century. Höhne argues that underground transportation--which early passengers found both exhilarating and distressing--changed perceptions, interactions, and the organization of everyday life.
A Subway for New York
Author: David WeitzmanPublisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux (BYR)
ISBN: 9780374372842
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Offers readers the factual account of how the first section of the New York City's subway system was able to transport its many passengers from areas in lower Manhattan to the Upper West Side in just a matter of minutes--and for only a nickel!
Author: New York Transit Museum722 Miles
Author: Clifton HoodPublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801880544
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
When it first opened on October 27, 1904, the New York City subway ran twenty-two miles from City Hall to 145th Street and Lenox Avenue—the longest stretch ever built at one time. From that initial route through the completion of the IND or Independent Subway line in the 1940s, the subway grew to cover 722 miles—long enough to reach from New York to Chicago. In this definitive history, Clifton Hood traces the complex and fascinating story of the New York City subway system, one of the urban engineering marvels of the twentieth century. For the subway's centennial the author supplies a new foreward explaining that now, after a century, "we can see more clearly than ever that this rapid transit system is among the twentieth century's greatest urban achievements."
Author: Brian J. CudahyArt and the Subway
Author: Tracy FitzpatrickPublisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 0813544521
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Explores artistic production surrounding the world's most famous public transportation system, from just before its opening in 1904 onwards. Using images, this work offers perspectives on ways in which the subway has been used as a subject about which to make art, as a site within which to make art, and as a canvas upon which to make art.
