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The forgotten borough : Staten Island and the subway / Kenneth M. Gold.
De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2023 Available online
De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2023- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gold, Kenneth M. (Kenneth Mark), 1966- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Urban transportation.
- New York (N.Y.)--History--20th century.
- New York (N.Y.)--Politics and government--To 1898.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (385 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Columbia University Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- What sets Staten Island apart from the rest of New York City? Kenneth M. Gold argues that the lack of a subway connection has deeply shaped Staten Island's history and identity. He chronicles decades of recurrent efforts to build a rail link, using this history to explore the borough's fraught relationship with the city as a whole.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Table of Contents
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Gold, Kenneth M. The Forgotten Borough
- ISBN:
- 0-231-55751-5
- OCLC:
- 1371141101
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