[PDF.56ic] Tunneling to the Future: The Story of the Great Subway Expansion That Saved New York

Tunneling to the Future: The Story of the Great Subway Expansion That Saved New York

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 | #1499633 in Books |  NYU Press |  2001-02-15 |  2001-03-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.02 x1.19 x5.98l,1.74 | File type: PDF | 442 pages

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||25 of 26 people found the following review helpful.| A political-financial history of the "Dual Contracts"|By saskatoonguy|Peter Derrick's book covers the "Dual Contracts" era of subway construction in New York, when numerous lines were built between 1910 and 1931 by the IRT and the BRT /BMT. Derrick focuses on the interactions between executives of the then-existing subway companies and municipal politicians. Only a few paragr|From Publishers Weekly|In 1913, more than two-thirds of New York City's residents lived in tenements and the Lower East Side had the highest population density in the world, housing approximately 600,000 people in less then two square miles. Contagious diseases

In 1910, New York City was bursting at the seams as more and more people crowded into a limited supply of housing in the tenement districts of Manhattan and the older areas of Brooklyn. With no outlet for its exploding population, and the burgeoning social problems created by the overwhelming congestion, New York faced a serious crisis which city and state leaders addressed with dramatic measures. In March 1913, public officials and officers of the two existing rapid...

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