The routes not taken (Record no. 34171)
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| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | BD-SySUS |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20160404144954.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 130520s2013 nyu o 00 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780823255320 |
| Canceled/invalid ISBN | 9780823253692 (hardback) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | MdBmJHUP |
| Transcribing agency | MdBmJHUP |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | TF847.N5 |
| Item number | R37 2013 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 388.4/2097471 |
| Edition number | 23 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Raskin, Joseph B. |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The routes not taken |
| Medium | [electronic resource] : |
| Remainder of title | a trip through New York City's unbuilt subway system / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Joseph B. Raskin. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Empire State Editions, an imprint of Fordham University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2013. |
| Place of manufacture | (Baltimore, Md. : |
| Manufacturer | Project MUSE, |
| Date of manufacture | 2015) |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource (pages cm) |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 8# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Machine 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. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "A history of unrealized plans to expand New York City's rapid transit and commuter rail systems"-- |
| Assigning source | Provided by publisher. |
| Summary, etc. | "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"-- |
| Assigning source | Provided by publisher. |
| 588 ## - SOURCE OF DESCRIPTION NOTE | |
| Source of description note | Description based on print version record. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Subways |
| Geographic subdivision | New York (State) |
| -- | New York |
| General subdivision | History. |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Subways |
| Geographic subdivision | New York (State) |
| -- | New York |
| General subdivision | Design and construction |
| -- | History. |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA). |
| Source of heading or term | bisacsh |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | TRANSPORTATION / Public Transportation. |
| Source of heading or term | bisacsh |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | TRANSPORTATION / Railroads / History. |
| Source of heading or term | bisacsh |
| 655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM | |
| Genre/form data or focus term | Electronic books. |
| Source of term | local |
| 710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Project Muse. |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Public note | Full text available: |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780823255320/">https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780823255320/</a> |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
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