Forgotten Borough
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Forgotten Borough
Staten Island and the Subway
Gold, Kenneth M.
Columbia University Press
04/2023
384
Mole
Inglês
9780231208611
15 a 20 dias
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Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part I: Consolidation and Its Aftermath
1. Setting the Stage: Staten Island in the Late Nineteenth Century
2. Joining the City: Staten Island and the Consolidation of New York, 1898
3. Envisioning the Future: What Consolidation Would Bring to Staten Island, 1890-1909
Part II: A Subway for Growth
4. Hitching a Ride: Early Efforts to Tunnel to Staten Island, 1900-1909
5. Leaving the Station: The Dual Contracts and Aftermath, 1909-1919
6. Planning the Region: The Hylan Tunnel and the Politics of Commerce, 1920-1923
7. Getting the Shaft: The Demise of the Hylan Tunnel, 1922-1925
Part III: Subway Persistence and Automobile Emergence
8. Driving the Narrows: New Options for Connection, 1925-1932
9. Facing the Competition: Last Gasps for a Subway and a Tunnel, 1933-1945
10. Spanning the Narrows: The Triumph of the Verrazano Bridge, 1945-1964
11. Assessing the Disconnect: What the Distance Wrought
Conclusion
Epilogue: What the Bridge Wrought
A Note on Staten Island's Historic Newspapers
Source Abbreviations
Notes
Index
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part I: Consolidation and Its Aftermath
1. Setting the Stage: Staten Island in the Late Nineteenth Century
2. Joining the City: Staten Island and the Consolidation of New York, 1898
3. Envisioning the Future: What Consolidation Would Bring to Staten Island, 1890-1909
Part II: A Subway for Growth
4. Hitching a Ride: Early Efforts to Tunnel to Staten Island, 1900-1909
5. Leaving the Station: The Dual Contracts and Aftermath, 1909-1919
6. Planning the Region: The Hylan Tunnel and the Politics of Commerce, 1920-1923
7. Getting the Shaft: The Demise of the Hylan Tunnel, 1922-1925
Part III: Subway Persistence and Automobile Emergence
8. Driving the Narrows: New Options for Connection, 1925-1932
9. Facing the Competition: Last Gasps for a Subway and a Tunnel, 1933-1945
10. Spanning the Narrows: The Triumph of the Verrazano Bridge, 1945-1964
11. Assessing the Disconnect: What the Distance Wrought
Conclusion
Epilogue: What the Bridge Wrought
A Note on Staten Island's Historic Newspapers
Source Abbreviations
Notes
Index
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Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part I: Consolidation and Its Aftermath
1. Setting the Stage: Staten Island in the Late Nineteenth Century
2. Joining the City: Staten Island and the Consolidation of New York, 1898
3. Envisioning the Future: What Consolidation Would Bring to Staten Island, 1890-1909
Part II: A Subway for Growth
4. Hitching a Ride: Early Efforts to Tunnel to Staten Island, 1900-1909
5. Leaving the Station: The Dual Contracts and Aftermath, 1909-1919
6. Planning the Region: The Hylan Tunnel and the Politics of Commerce, 1920-1923
7. Getting the Shaft: The Demise of the Hylan Tunnel, 1922-1925
Part III: Subway Persistence and Automobile Emergence
8. Driving the Narrows: New Options for Connection, 1925-1932
9. Facing the Competition: Last Gasps for a Subway and a Tunnel, 1933-1945
10. Spanning the Narrows: The Triumph of the Verrazano Bridge, 1945-1964
11. Assessing the Disconnect: What the Distance Wrought
Conclusion
Epilogue: What the Bridge Wrought
A Note on Staten Island's Historic Newspapers
Source Abbreviations
Notes
Index
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part I: Consolidation and Its Aftermath
1. Setting the Stage: Staten Island in the Late Nineteenth Century
2. Joining the City: Staten Island and the Consolidation of New York, 1898
3. Envisioning the Future: What Consolidation Would Bring to Staten Island, 1890-1909
Part II: A Subway for Growth
4. Hitching a Ride: Early Efforts to Tunnel to Staten Island, 1900-1909
5. Leaving the Station: The Dual Contracts and Aftermath, 1909-1919
6. Planning the Region: The Hylan Tunnel and the Politics of Commerce, 1920-1923
7. Getting the Shaft: The Demise of the Hylan Tunnel, 1922-1925
Part III: Subway Persistence and Automobile Emergence
8. Driving the Narrows: New Options for Connection, 1925-1932
9. Facing the Competition: Last Gasps for a Subway and a Tunnel, 1933-1945
10. Spanning the Narrows: The Triumph of the Verrazano Bridge, 1945-1964
11. Assessing the Disconnect: What the Distance Wrought
Conclusion
Epilogue: What the Bridge Wrought
A Note on Staten Island's Historic Newspapers
Source Abbreviations
Notes
Index
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