New York Underground

The Anatomy of a City

Julia Solis

250 pages, parution le 06/04/2005

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Résumé

Did alligators ever really live in New York's sewers? What's it like to explore the old aqueducts beneath the city? How many levels are beneath Grand Central Station? And how exactly did the pneumatic tube system that New York's post offices used to employ work? In this richly illustrated historical tour of New York's vast underground systems, Julia Solis answers all these questions and much, much more. New York Underground is timed to release in the centennial year of the city's subway system. It takes readers through ingenious criminal escape routes, abandoned subway stations, and dark crypts beneath lower Manhattan to expose the city's basic anatomy. While the city is justly famous for what lies aboveground, its underground passages are equally legendary, and tell us just as much about how the city works.

L'auteur - Julia Solis

Julia Solis is a writer and photographer who lives in New York City. She is the founder of two arts organizations: Dark Passages and Ars Subterranea, both of which are dedicated to exploring and exposing New York's underground passages.

Sommaire

1. A City Built on Treacherous Rock
Part 1: Utilities
- 2. Struggling for Fresh Water
- 3. In the Wake of the Croton Maid
- 4. An Alligator Marks the Sewers
- 5. A Maze of Pipe Beneath the Streets
Part 2: The Subway System
- 6. The Secret Subway of Alfred Beach
- 7. Welcome to the Subway Crush
- 8. Competition in the Underground
- 9. Silent Tunnels
- 10. Ghost Stations
Part 3: Trains into New York
- 11. Moving Trains Below the Hudson
- 12. The Rise and Fall of Penn Station
- 13. The Mysteries of Grand Central
Part 4: Historic Rail Tunnels
- 14. An Overview
- 15. The Lost Tunnel of Atlantic Avenue
- 16. The Freedom Tunnel
Part 5: Underground Passageways
- 17. Playgrounds of the Underworld
- 18. Tunnels for the Masses
- 19. The Tunnels of Seaview Hospital
- 20. The Labyrinth Below Columbia University
- 21. The Graffiti of Dead Soldiers
Part 6: Building Foundations
- 22. New York's Largest Foundation
- 23. Unusual Foundations
- 24. Breweries, Wine Cellars, Speakeasies
- 25. The Crypts Below Old St. Patrick's Cathedral
- 26. The Attraction of the Underground

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Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Routledge
Auteur(s)	Julia Solis
Parution	06/04/2005
Nb. de pages	250
Format	22 x 28,5
Couverture	Relié
Poids	1190g
Intérieur	Quadri
EAN13	9780415950138
ISBN13	978-0-415-95013-8