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The forgotten borough : Staten Island and the subway /

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Main Author: Gold, Kenneth M. (Kenneth Mark), 1966- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2023]
Subjects:
Local transit > Social aspects > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Urban transportation > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Subways > Social aspects > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Staten Island (New York, N.Y.) > History > 20th century.
New York (N.Y.) > History > 20th century.
Staten Island (New York, N.Y.) > Politics and government > 20th century.
New York (N.Y.) > Politics and government > 20th century.
1900-1999
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.