722 Miles: The Building of the Subways and How They Transformed New York

722 Miles: The Building of the Subways and How They Transformed New York image
ISBN-10:

0801852447

ISBN-13:

9780801852442

Author(s): Hood, Clifton
Edition: Later prt.
Released: Jan 01, 1995
Format: Paperback, 352 pages
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Description:

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 Broadway, 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.

"Clifton Hood's 722 Miles is the fullest and most authoritative account of the building and impact of the New York City subways, the most extensive system of urban transportation in the United States and perhaps the world." -- Nathan Glazer, Harvard University

"A clear, perceptive and carefully researched study of this engineering feat and the ways in which the subway led to an expansion of the metropolitan area." -- Publishers Weekly


























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