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CITY BENEATH US:
The 100 Year History of the
New York City Subway System
by The
New York Transit Museum with
Vivian Heller
Publisher:
WW Norton
Pub Date: Spring
2004
Format: Hardcover
Brief Description
The first official book of the New York Transit
Museum, telling the dramatic story, in text and 200 beautiful pictures,
of the building and evolution of the New York subway system. To
coincide with the 100th anniversary.
(see below for Full Description)
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Full Description
The building of the subway was an epic
undertaking. Conceived by visionaries who saw the subway as the answer
to the city’s crushing social ills, the battle was long and hard, and
they did not give up in the face of bitter opposition and disastrous
setbacks. Many men died, and when it was done, it was the greatest
engineering marvel in the history of the world.
The
New York Transit Museum is dedicated to preserving the history of the
subway. It has in its possession thousands of incredible images—some
dating back to 1900—that few people have ever seen. It will
share 200-300 of these images with the public, in its first official
book. The photographs will be complemented by a running narrative of
approximately 20,000 words, a fast-paced historic narrative, full of
anecdotes and dramatic incidents, presenting a compellingly human story,
a story of battles lost and battles won.
2004
marks the 100th anniversary of the Transit Museum—for which
the MTA will give wide publicity—and the book will play a key role in
the commemoration of this historic event. The New York Transit Museum
hosts over 100,000 visitors a year. Its two stores, one at Grand Central
Terminal and another at Times Square, receive over one million visitors
a year. 3.5 million people ride the subway daily. This book will find a
wide audience.
World
Rights: Contact WW Norton
Dramatic Rights:
Contact Lukeman
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