The forgotten borough Staten Island and the subway
"Why is Staten Island distinct among the boroughs? Since the incorporation at the beginning of the twentieth century, it has been called the "Forgotten Borough." For its inhabitants, the phrase suggests its perceived neglect by city officials, coupled with a resentment for being remem...
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Columbia University Press
[2023]
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Inhaltsangabe:
- Part I: Consolidation and Its Aftermath
- Setting the Stage: Staten Island in the Late Nineteenth Century
- Joining the City: Staten Island and the 1898 Consolidation of New York
- Envisioning the Future: What Consolidation Would Bring to Staten Island, 1890-1909
- Part II: A Subway for Growth
- Hitching a Ride: Early Efforts to Tunnel to Staten Island, 1900-1909
- Leaving the Station: the Dual Contracts and Aftermath, 1909-1919
- Planning the Region: The Hylan Tunnel and the Politics of Commerce, 1920-1923
- Getting the Shaft, : the The Demise of the Hylan Tunnel, 1922-1925
- Part III: Subway Persistence and Automobile Emergence
- Driving the Narrows: New Options for Connection, 1925-1932
- Facing the Competition: Last Gasps for a Subway and a Tunnel, 1933-1945
- Spanning the Narrows: The Triumph of the Verrazano Bridge, 1945-1964
- Assessing the Disconnect: What the Distance Wrought
- Conclusion
- Epilogue: What the Bridge Wrought