The forgotten borough : Staten Island and the subway / Kenneth M. Gold.

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