Last subway: the long wait for the next train in New York City

Introduction : a long wait for a train -- From a compact city into a metropolis (NYC before World War Two) -- An empty promise (late 1940s and 1950s) -- The billionaire's ambitions (1960s to 1972) -- Construction begins and construction ends (1972 to 1976) -- Saving the subway (late 1970s and 1...

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1. Verfasser: Plotch, Philip Mark 1961- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Ithaca ; London Three Hills 2020
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction : a long wait for a train -- From a compact city into a metropolis (NYC before World War Two) -- An empty promise (late 1940s and 1950s) -- The billionaire's ambitions (1960s to 1972) -- Construction begins and construction ends (1972 to 1976) -- Saving the subway (late 1970s and 1980s) -- Planning from the bottom up (1990s) -- A 21st century subway (2000 to 2005) -- Building a subway and unleashing the plagues (2006 to 2014) -- Andrew Cuomo's finish line (2015 to 2016) -- Conclusion : delays ahead
"The story of the Second Avenue subway, as it symbolizes New York's inability to modernize its infrastructure and reveals the ingredients necessary to build a twenty-first-century megaproject"--
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:viii, 352 Seiten Illustratonen, Karten 24 cm
ISBN:9780801453663

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