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In
addition to the Transit Museum itself, there a
great many books, films and web sites about New
York City subway history that can be consulted
for this project. There are also many resources
pertaining to the writing of a good article and
to journalistic conventions. Here are a few related
resources:
Books:
722
Miles - The Building of the Subways by
Clifton Hood.
"Clifton Hood traces the complex and fascinating history of the New York
City subway system. At its opening in 1904, the tracks covered the twenty-two
miles from City Hall up to 145th Street and Lenox Avenue, the longest stretch
ever built at one time. From that initial route through the completion of the
IND, the Independent Subway, in the 1940s, the subway grew to cover 722 miles
-- long enough to reach from New York to Chicago."
This book is usually available at the Transit Museum store, and is also available online.
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Evolution
of New York City Subways by
Gene Sansone
An Illustrated History of New York City's Transit Cars, 1867-1997
A
collaborative labor of love by the Metropolitan
Transportation Authority and the New
York Transit Museum, Gene Sansone's Evolution
of New York City Subways: An Illustrated
History of New York City's Transit Cars,
1867-1997 -- now available from the Johns
Hopkins University Press with a new foreword
by Clifton Hood -- offers an extensive
array of photographs, line drawings,
and stories about the city's most treasured
railcars. Subway buffs, railfans, students
of New York City history, and specialists
in the history of technology will appreciate
this authoritative account. MTA New York
City Transit and Sansone provide a record
of the rolling stock that helped make
New York City one of the great cities
of the world."
This book is usually available
at the Transit Museum store, and is
also available online.
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Tunneling
to the Future by Peter Derrick
The Story of the Great Subway Expansion That Saved New York.
"In
1910, New York City was bursting at the
seams as more and more people crowded
into a limited supply of housing in the
tenement districts of Manhattan and the
older areas of Brooklyn. With no outlet
for its exploding population, and the
burgeoning social problems created by
the overwhelming congestion, New York
faced a serious crisis which city and
state leaders addressed with dramatic
measures. In March 1913, public officials
and officers of the two existing rapid
transit networks shook hands to seal
a deal for a greatly expanded subway
system which would more than double the
size of the two existing transit networks.
At
the time the largest and most expensive
single municipal project ever attempted,
the Dual System of Rapid Transit set
the pattern of growth in New York City
for decades to come, helped provide millions
of families a better quality of life,
and, in the words of Manhattan borough
president George McAneny (1910-1913), "proved
the city's physical salvation." It
stands as that rare success story, an
enormously complicated project undertaken
against great odds which proved successful
beyond all measure. Published in conjunction
with the History of the City of New York
Project."
This book is usually available at
the Transit Museum store, and is also
available online.
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