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020			_a9780823255320
020			_z9780823253692 (hardback)
040			_aMdBmJHUP _cMdBmJHUP
050	0	0	_aTF847.N5 _bR37 2013
082	0	0	_a388.4/2097471 _223
100	1		_aRaskin, Joseph B.
245	1	4	_aThe routes not taken _h[electronic resource] : _ba trip through New York City's unbuilt subway system / _cJoseph B. Raskin.
260			_aNew York : _bEmpire State Editions, an imprint of Fordham University Press, _c2013. _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015)
300			_a1 online resource (pages cm)
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	8		_aMachine 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			_a"A history of unrealized plans to expand New York City's rapid transit and commuter rail systems"-- _cProvided by publisher.
520			_a"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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aSubways _zNew York (State) _zNew York _xHistory.
650		0	_aSubways _zNew York (State) _zNew York _xDesign and construction _xHistory.
650		7	_aHISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA). _2bisacsh
650		7	_aTRANSPORTATION / Public Transportation. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aTRANSPORTATION / Railroads / History. _2bisacsh
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aProject Muse.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780823255320/
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c34171 _d34171