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Grand Central's Engineer : William J. Wilgus and the Planning of Modern Manhattan.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science SeriesPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (292 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781421406954
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Grand Central's EngineerDDC classification:
  • 624.092 B
LOC classification:
  • TA140.W54 S35 2012
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE. New York City's Geography and Transportation Challenges -- CHAPTER TWO. The Brilliance of Grand Central -- CHAPTER THREE. New York's Freight Problem -- CHAPTER FOUR. Expanding the Subway in Manhattan -- CHAPTER FIVE. World War and Ideas for a New York-New Jersey "Port Authority" -- CHAPTER SIX. Making Room for the Automobile: The Holland Tunnel -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Joining Staten Island to New York City: The Narrows Tunnel -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
Summary: "--Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians"Ably tells the story of the New York rail system's most active and visible symbol: the architectural and engineering masterpiece, with its grand public concourse, in the heart of Midtown."--New Scientist.
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Cover -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE. New York City's Geography and Transportation Challenges -- CHAPTER TWO. The Brilliance of Grand Central -- CHAPTER THREE. New York's Freight Problem -- CHAPTER FOUR. Expanding the Subway in Manhattan -- CHAPTER FIVE. World War and Ideas for a New York-New Jersey "Port Authority" -- CHAPTER SIX. Making Room for the Automobile: The Holland Tunnel -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Joining Staten Island to New York City: The Narrows Tunnel -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

"--Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians"Ably tells the story of the New York rail system's most active and visible symbol: the architectural and engineering masterpiece, with its grand public concourse, in the heart of Midtown."--New Scientist.

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