Subway Bibliography
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Required Reading
Along the Way: MTA Arts for Transit
| Sandra Bloodworth Hardcover: 240 pages Along the Way is a tour through New York's underground museum of contemporary art, works commissioned by MTA Arts for Transit for the subway system. Vivid murals by Roy Lichtenstein and Romare Bearden convey the energy of Times Square while Robert Wilson's Coney Island Baby captures the festive spirit of the city's playland. Currently underway are a photographic installation by Mike and Doug Starn at the new Fulton Street Transit Center and an intricate skylight by James Carpenter at the South Ferry complex. Initiated in 1985, this collection of site-specific public art now encompasses more than 150 pieces in mosaic, terra-cotta, bronze, faceted glass, and mixed media. The program takes its cue from the original mandate that the subways be "designed, constructed, and maintained with a view to the beauty of their appearance, as well as to their efficiency." Arts for Transit is committed to the preservation and restoration of the original ornament of the system and to commissioning new works that will exemplify the principles of public art, relating directly to the places in which they are installed and the community around them. |
Century of Subways, A: Celebrating 100 Years of New York's Underground Railways
| Brian Cudahy Hardcover, 360 pages Summary from amazon.com: Brian Cudahy offers a fascinating tribute to the world the subway created. Taking a fresh look at one of the marvels of the 20th century, Cudahy creates a vivid sense of this extraordinary achievement-- how the city was transformed once New Yorkers started riding in a hole in the ground. |
City Beneath Us, The: Building the New York Subway
| NY Transit Museum/Vivian Heller Hardcover, 224 pages Amazon.com Writeup: Drawn from a newly discovered cache of 8 x 10-inch glass negatives, these images show the incredible construction techniques and details involved in creating the underground marvel that is today's New York subway. From "cut and cover", sinking under-river tubes and disastrous cave-ins, the photographs are awe-inspiring. The pictures are accompanied by an engaging history of the subway system. |
Interborough Fleet, The
| Joe Cunningham Xplorer Press, P.O. Box 614, Belleville, NJ 07109 This book, in the same vein of Greller's New York City Subway Cars and Subway Cars of the BMT, is a photo tour of the cars of the Interborough Rapid Transit. Old photos detail the earliest composite cars up through the IRT's final purchase of World's Fair Low-V cars. A section on Belmont's Mineola and some color photographs of IRT Low-Vs in service complete the book. |
Malbone Street Wreck, The
| Brian J. Cudahy Fordham University Press, Box L, 441 East Fordham Road, Bronx, NY 10458 A scholarly review of the incidents leading up to, during, and after the Malbone Street subway accident of November 1, 1918, in which 90+ people perished. A full review can be found on the Rapidtransit.net web site at http://www.rapidtransit.com/net/book/reviews/malbone.htm. |
New York City Subway Cars
| James C. Greller Xplorer Press, P.O. Box 614, Belleville, NJ 07109 This excellent color photo book chronicles the history of NYC Subway rolling stock, beginning with the IND Subway 1930's R-1 car, up through the R-110A and R-110B technology test trains from the early 1990s. A must-have companion to the Interborough Fleet and Subway Cars of the BMT books, NYC Subway Cars picks up where those other books leave off, covering the "R-series" subway cars. The full-color photography is excellent. It includes some diagrams of subway car specifications but in this respect is not as inclusive as Evolution of New York City Subways. |
New York Subway, The: Its Construction and Equipment
| Various editions. First published in October 1904 by the Interborough Rapid Transit Corporation, the company that built New York's first underground railway, this unique facsimile edition is a lavishly illustrated guide to one of the century's greatest engineering feats. Here in twelve detailed chapters, are the routes, stations, and tracks, the rolling stock, signal systems, and electric supply stations of the new subway that ran under the streets of Manhattan and the Bronx. Beautifully reproduced photographs, maps, line drawings, and other illustrations complement the text, written by the IRT's own engineers. It covers the construction methods, architecture, station and rolling stock design, and the political groups responsible for the creation of New York City's first subway. An online version is available: The New York Subway: Its Construction and Equipment (1904) |
New York Subways: An Illustrated History of New York City's Transit Cars, Centennial Edition
| Gene Sansone Hardcover, 432 pages The centennial edition of this book is the definitive guide to the rolling stock of the NYC subway and elevated system, covering the first elevated line in 1867 thru the R-142 car contract of 1997. Each car type is illustrated with photos, mostly black & white, and a writeup, as well as the diagram sheets from the NYCT internal publication Revenue and Non-Revenue Car Drawings where available. This book is a good general introduction to the car types, but the other books in this section go into further detail and illustration about the "sub-classes" (no pun intended) of the cars (early IRT, early BMT, and R-types). There are some color photos but New York City Subway Cars is the clear winner in that category. This book is unique in one other respect: it is the first comprehensive book about any aspect of subway history published by MTA New York City Transit, and hopefully not the last. This book is a necessary addition to any subway fan's collection. First two editions titled "The Evolution of New York City Subways: An Illustrated History of New York City's Transit Cars, 1867-1997." |
New York's Forgotten Substations: The Power Behind the Subway
| Christopher Payne 112 pages, paperback Anyone interested in subway power technology or the remarkable buildings which housed it should inspect or obtain a copy of this book. This remarkable and inexpensive volume features dozens of high-quality, artistic and evocative monochrome photos of substation interiors, exteriors, and equipment in their last days (all were decommissioned by 1999), as well as explanations, history, diagrams, and contemporary maps of feeder cables, substation locations, and the like, as well as exploring the romance and fascination of this then centenarian antique technology. This is now the definitive volume on the Rotary Converter in New York City. |
Subway and the City, The
| Stan Fischler Hardcover, 568 pages Amazon.com writeup: An audacious and all-encompassing book about New York's underground, The Subway and the City has everything a fan of the city and its trains could want. 568 Pages with more than 400 photographs, including over 375 vintage photographs never before seen in print! |
Subway Cars of the B.M.T.
| James C. Greller Xplorer Press, 1996, P.O. Box 614, Belleville, NJ 07109 This long-awaited companion to New York City Subway Cars features over 200 black and white photos and diagrams of the BMT rolling stock, including the BMT Standard, D-Type Triplex, Bluebird articulated train, and many more of the BMT Subway oddities. |
Subway Style: 100 Years of Architecture & Design in the New York City Subway
| New York Transit Museum
Hardcover: 252 pages Stewart, Tabori and Chang October 1, 2004 ISBN: 158479349X This is the NY Transit Museum's second major book about the history of the subway (following Evolution of New York City Subways). Amazon.com Writeup: Produced with the New York City Transit Museum, Subway Style documents the aesthetic experience of the system through more than 250 exclusive pictures. The book includes newly commissioned color photographs of historic and contemporary station ornamentation as well as imagery from the Museum's archives. The images span the full century, from the system's inception in the early 1900s up to and including architectural renderings for the still-to-be-built Second Avenue line. |
Subways: The Tracks That Built New York City
| Lorraine B. Diehl Hardcover, 128 pages Amazon.com writeup: In celebration of the New York City subway system's 100th birthday, [this book] offers up this easy-to-read, informative history. From its beginnings as an underground amusement ride, to the development of the IRT, BMT and IND rail systems, to its crime-ridden and graffiti-covered fall in the 70's and, finally, to its current revival, the system has had a more colorful history than most straphangers and tourists realize. Diehl's well-pitched nostalgia leads readers to appreciate the wonder of the subway's nascent period and to imagine how incalculably different New York would be today had the transit option that is so taken for granted not been created how and when it was. |
Tracks of the New York City Subway
| Peter Dougherty Published by the author The definitive guide to the track layout of the subway. 68 pages of maps are supplemented by information regarding the signal system, radio codes, and locations of abandoned stations. A must-have for the railfan subway rider. Updated yearly. |
Under the Sidewalks of New York
| Brian J. Cudahy 2nd Rev Edition, Paperback Probably the definitive general history, this book is an excellent introduction to the New York subway system. Starting with a brief overview of the Els of the 1800's and the Beach pneumatic subway, it then discusses in depth the 1900 groundbreaking of the IRT. The BRT/BMT and IND are well covered, as are more recent developments in the subway, from the creation of the Transit Authority to the present. Now in its second edition. |
General History
722 Miles: the Building of the Subways and How They Transformed New York
| Clifton Hood Paperback, 335 pages The "political" and legal history of the subways, up through the establishment of the Transit Authority in 1953. |
The BMT: A Technical and Operational History
| Alfred E. Fazio BRT Services This extensive history of the BMT covers the gamut from the beginning of transit in Brooklyn, through the Dual Contracts period, Unification, and the post-Chrystie Street period. Includes many photos, maps, and diagrams. |
Brooklyn Elevated, The
| James C. Greller and Edward B. Watson N.J. International, 77 West Nicholai Street, Hicksville, NY 11801 ISBN: 0934088209 Photographs and track maps. |
Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit: A History as Seen Through the Company's Maps, Guides, and other Documents, 1923-1939.
| James Poulos www.bmt-lines.com/bmtlines@gmail.com This book reproduces, in full color, BMT route maps, service guides, track maps, rosters, and promotional material from the period 1923-1939. |
Bulletin of the New York Division, Electric Railroaders' Association
| New York Division ERA Box 3001, New York 10008 Indispensible for anyone interested in history and current events in the New York area. Generally about 10-12 pages. Included with membership in the division, which requires membership in the national Electric Railroaders Assn. (This includes the monthly Headlights magazine, which sometimes has features on New York). |
BQT: The Brooklyn & Queens Transit, From Coney Island to Flushing
| Harold A. Smith and Frederick A. Kramer Railroad Avenue Enterprises Publishing |
By the El: Third Avenue and Its El at Mid-Century
| Lawrence Stelter, Lothar Stelter H&M Productions Over 160 color photos of the Third Avenue El and the neighborhoods it traversed. "Seldom have I seen a collection of unique images that is so comprehensive and realistic." - Joe Franklin. |
Ceramic Ornament in the New York Subway System
| Susan Tunick New York: Italian Tile Center
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Elevated and Subway Cars of the Interborough Rapid Transit Co.
| Roger Arcara Published by the author Based on the IRT's equipment diagrams. |
Gotham Turnstiles
| John Henderson H & M Productions, 193-07 45th Ave. Flushing, NY 11358 This excellent book features color photographs of the subways, Hudson & Manhattan, Staten Island Rapid Transit, and Newark City Subway, mostly from the 1960s when many of the first-generation cars were still around. |
Helvetica and the New York City Subway System: The True (Maybe) Story
| Paul Shaw Blue Pencil Editions/MIT Press This interesting book covers an aspect of New York City transit that no other book has ever tackled: the use of the Helvetica font on its signage, and the various MTA agencies' style guides that implement signs around the system. |
History of the New York City Subway System, A
| Joseph Cunningham and Leonard De Hart Published by the authors Vol 1: The Manhattan Els and the I.R.T.; Vol 2. Rapid Transit in Brooklyn; Vol 3. The Independent System and City Ownership. Hard to find history of the Manhattan els and the Interborough; Brooklyn els and the BMT; and the Independent subway and city operation. |
How We Got to Coney Island: The Development of Mass Transportation in Brooklyn and Kings County
| Brian J. Cudahy with George M. Smerk Paperback, 320 pages How We Got to Coney Island is the definitive history of mass transportation in Brooklyn. Covering 150 years of extraordinary growth, Cudahy tells the complete story of the trolleys, street cars, steamboats, and railways that helped create New York's largest borough---and the remarkable system that grew to connect the world's most famous seaside resort with, Brooklyn, New York City across the river, and, ultimately, the rest of the world. Tables, charts, photographs, and maps. |
Humanizing Subway Entrances: Opportunity on Second Avenue
| Bethani Probst New York Dept. of City Planning Based on the work of the Second Avenue Study Group. |
Making All Stops, New York City Subway Photography from 1970 to 1989 (Vol. 1 and Vol. 2)
| by O. S. Funk Only The Best Books, LLC, 75-22 37th Avenue, No. 313, Jackson Heights, NY 11372 Features photos from the well known subway photographers Doug Grotjahn, Steve Zabel, Joe Testagrose, and others. |
New York City Subway Calendars
| Photography by Don Harold and William R. Mangahas Newkirk Images These calendars (published since 1993) have some amazing photographs of the subway, from the 50s to present day. The calendar is available at a number of locations including the New York Transit Museum gift shops. |
New York City Transit's Facts and Figures
| MTA New York City Transit Various Editions
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New York Elevated, The
| Robert C. Reed Cranbury, NJ: A.S. Barnes and Co. The elevated railroads in Manhattan, concentrating on the early, steam-powered period. |
New York Subways and Stations, 1970-1990
| Tod Lange Schiffer Publishing Ltd.
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New York Subway System, the (Building History Series)
| Tim McNeese Hardcover This book is part of a series about major engineering projects in history. It is aimed to a junior high or high school student level but makes a nice concise history of the New York subway. |
New York Transit Memories
| Harold A. Smith New York: Quadrant Press, 19 West 44th St., New York, NY 10036 Rare photographs of trolley and subway operations in New York City, including Third Avenue Railway System trolleys, Queensborough Bridge trolleys and el trains, Brooklyn elevated lines, the early subway cars of the BMT, and more. |
Power Broker, The: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
| Robert A. Caro Paperback, 1246 pages While Robert Moses may have been the antithesis to rapid transit in New York, this Pulitzer Prize-winning book is a detailed chronicle of his life, and a good history of politics and urban planning in 20th Century New York City. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography. |
Rolling Thunder: The Elevated Railroad and the Urbanization of New York
| Eric Dale Smith America House, Frederick, MD Part of a series called "A Tale of Ten Cities", "Rolling Thunder: The Elevated Railroad and the Urbanization of New York" is a social history of the El which examines the role it played in expanding the urban boundaries of Greater New York. |
Sea Beach to Coney Island, The
| William W. Fausser 1979 A self-published history of the Sea Beach line, from its early steam days, to its Dual Contracts reconstruction to a subway line. |
Second Avenue El in Manhattan, The
| N.J. International, 77 West Nicholai St. Hicksville NY 11801) ISBN: 093408833E0 Many black & white photos and track maps of the Second Avenue El in Manhattan, with a brief history. |
Silver Connections
| Phillip Ashforth Coppola Four Oceans Press, 17 Oakland Road, Maplewood, NJ 07040 This ongoing series is a self-published work by Mr. Coppola, and each edition is only available in limited numbers. Coppola's goal is to give a detailed account of the present condition of the entire NYC rapid transit system (a truly lofty goal). Each volume examines the physical state of a portion of the system, detailing, for example, exactly how specific stations have changed since they opened, and how evidence of these changes is still visible. The volumes are accompanied by Coppola's excellent drawings of various parts of the system and stations. In the process, Coppola tells the story of how the subway came to be what it is now, in a fluid, engaging manner. The amount of work that has been spent on this work is evident on every page. Volume 1 examined the original IRT, and Volume 2 looks at Brooklyn, particularly the els. Vol. I (2 books) - IRT contract I in Manhattan. Vol. II - BRT els. Vol. III - IRT contract I in Bronx, & IRT contract II in Brooklyn. Vol. IV - H & M RR/PATH. Upcoming Vol. V - Centre St. Loop, Steinway Tunnel in Manhattan, & 4 Ave. Subway. |
Subway, The: A Trip Through Time on New York's Rapid Transit
| Stan Fischler H & M Productions, 193-07 45th Ave. Flushing, NY 11358 This is an updated version of Fischler's previous book Uptown/Downtown which has been out of print for some time. A good general history of the elevated lines and subway, with sections on disasters, the Hudson Tubes, Beach's pneumatic subway, and more. Filled with anecdotal reports from people whose lives have been affected by the subway, the book ends with a "report card", rating each line on its railfan value. |
Subway Ceramics: A History And Iconography
| Lee Stookey L. Stookey (stookey@sover.net), 42 North St., Brattleboro, Vt., 05301, 800-257-4694 This small book is a collection of photographs taken by the author of the great range of mosaics and tile work in the stations of the New York subway (the IRT and BMT, actually). From the beavers at Astor Place and the eagles at 33rd Street to the Wilson Avenue station on the L, Stookey describes the evolution of the subway station from 1904 Heins and Lafarge to Squire Vickers and the BMT. Published by and available from the author. Now in its second edition with 43 color plates. Also available from the author are four boxed sets of notecards with different themes: Waterfront, History and Architecture, Subway Ceramic Art, Brooklyn Heights Scenes and Signs, and a set of "women" cards, all from plates available in the book. Each set of 8 cards is $10, the book is $15, plus postage, available from the author. |
Subway City: Riding the Trains, Reading New York
| Michael W. Brooks Hardcover, 295 pages This book takes a look at the role of the subway in history, culture, arts, and spirit of New York City. Chapters about the subway in literature, in photography, and in the news paint the picture of New York and its subway. |
Subway Lives: 24 Hours in the Life of the New York City Subway
| Jim Dwyer Crown Publishing This book chronicles a day in the lives of several people whose life is affected by the New York subway, from a token booth clerk to a conductor to a group of graffiti artists, and how they all relate to each other. Along the way, Dwyer throws in many tidbits of history. The net result is to give an excellent picture of what makes the New York subway the greatest in the world. |
Subwayland: Adventures in the World Beneath New York
| Randy Kennedy Paperback: 240 pages Amazon.com Writeup: Now, as the subway celebrates its centennial anniversary, the creator of The New York Times's award-winning "Tunnel Vision" column leads us on an extended tour of this storied subterranean land, revealing its inhabitants, its wildlife, its taboos and its secret histories. |
Subways of New York City in Vintage Photographs
| Oscar Israelowitz and Brian Merlis, with Joe Cunningham Israelowitz Publishing Over 250 period photos and postcards from approximately 1970-1949. Includes some full color pages. Covers the Manhattan and Brooklyn els, the IRT subway, and more. |
They Moved the Millions
| Ed Davis Sr. 111 S. 6th St., Livingston MT 59047 Reprinted in 1996 but now out of print, this book is an interesting history of the various subway cars used by the IRT, BMT, and NYCT transit lines. Many B&W photos of old cars and elevated lines. The author has graciously allowed nycsubway.org to put the text of this book online: They Moved The Millions |
The Third Avenue El Demolition in the Bronx: 149th Street to Tremont Avenue
| Michael J. Fusco 2012 The pictures in this book are part a rare one-of- a-kind private collection of almost 1400 slides of the Third Avenue El demolition in The Bronx in the 1970’s taken by the author. They are being made available to the public for the first time for the 40th anniversary of the closing of the El in April 1973. The companion volume to this book is The Third Avenue El Demolition in the Bronx – Tremont Avenue to Gun Hill Road. Both volumes will appeal not only to train fans but also to anyone interested in autos, buses, Bronx and New York history and fans of the 1970’s. |
The Third Avenue El Demolition in the Bronx: Tremont Avenue to Gun Hill Road
| Michael J. Fusco 2012 Companion book to the above volume covering 149th to Tremont Ave. |
Tracks of New York, The
| Alan Paul Kahn and Jack May Electric Railroaders' Association Detailled track maps, plus photographs and routing information. Two of the three volumes cover the Manhattan and Brooklyn elevated systems. The other volume is the Metropolitan Street Railway. |
Tunneling to the Future: The Story of the Great Subway Expansion that Saved New York
| Peter Derrick Hardcover, 384 pages The book delivers what it promises: a discussion of the Dual Contracts and its impact on the City. Whereas 722 Miles emphasized the political history of the subway system, "Tunneling" looks more closely at the social necessity for the massive expansion envisioned and rapidly carried out under the Dual Contracts. The "saving" refers to the relief of physical and social overcrowding which was not sufficiently eased by the existing elevated system and first subway. There's plenty of politics, too, and we get an even sharper picture of the some of the IRT's machinations in trying to preserve its subway monopoly. Derrick's primary story ends, however, with the signing of the Contracts. If you're looking to find much about the company (the BRT) whose intervention made the Contracts "Dual" there is not too much. What Derrick does, that reading the source material here does not, is put the material together, and add research and evaluation, which explains how and why the system came to be. In the process, we realize why the Dual Contracts were important (beyond the obvious of its creating new lines).--Review by Paul Matus |
Twelve Historical New York City Street and Transit Maps, 1860-1967
| John Landers H&M Productions
1997 A truly fantastic book (4 stars). If you enjoy N.Y.C. transit-related maps this is the book for you. The book's editor has taken 12 of his favorite maps, reproduced them to original size and colors, put them into their own envelope sleeves (for safe keeping) and detailed a brief history of each map. Said maps are suitable for research and/or framing. The book is out of print and getting harder to locate, but can still be found on barnesandnoble.com under "12 Hist. Maps of NYC", even though that is not the correct title. Go get your copy today, you will be glad you did. Review by John93059@aol.com |
Twelve Historical New York City Street and Transit Maps, Vol 2
| John Landers H&M Productions Author John Landers in conjunction with H&M Productions have once again struck gold with the release of Twelve Historical New York City Street and Transit Maps Volume II, 1847 to 1939. If New York transit maps pique your interest then this boxed collection is a must buy. This collection includes a map issued in 1939 by the New York City Board of Transportation showing an ambitious expansion of the entire subway system, including a College Point line coming off the #7 Flushing Line and a Ft. Hamilton Parkway line in Brooklyn cutting through a Narrows tunnel to Staten Island, where it branches off in two directions. A Long Island Rail Road map from 1885 shows passenger service on the Long Beach branch to desolate sand dunes of Point Lookout and a fantastic 10 year comparison of the same map issued by Rand McNally in 1904 and again in 1914. In one decade the growth of the services within the boroughs is startling. There are 8 more delectable NYC transit-related maps. The collection also comes with a booklet in which the author chronicles each of the twelve maps in an informative and sometimes humorous manner. New York City transit maps from this era are very rare and when they do show up in an auction often sell for one hundred dollars or more. These reproductions match the original sizes and colors and are the next best thing to owning the actual map. They can be easily framed and are an excellent educational tool for today's student. (Review by SHARKAIDE@aol.com) |
Underground Guide to New York City Subways
| Dave Frattini 352 Pages Frattini is a pretty young guy (in his foreword he cites Albert Belle, Kid Rock and "the hotties on the US Women's Soccer Team") but he has done his homework on the history of the IND, BMT and IND, and apparently, he has visited all 450+ NYC subway stations and gives a capsule review of each. The station reviews are kind of brief and superficial, but he does notice things like the old Subway Sun signs at the IND Broadway station, for example. But, there are occasional jarring errors, such as referring to lines by color throughout ("the A,C, E [the Blue Line])"; nobody I've ever met calls NYC subway lines by color. He also claims "The open cut stations of the N and R lines...pierce through the neighborhood backyards of Bensonhurst and Sunset Park in Brooklyn." First, the R does not travel in an open cut; secondly, it goes nowhere near Bensonhurst; and no NYC subway goes 'through' anyone's back yard. Frattini, besides his subway reviews, mentions a neighborhood eatery that's in the vicinity of each station, nearby landmarks, and local unusual spots. These are all quite helpful (but may become outdated in a couple of years). Basically, if you're looking for detailed, specific descriptions of NYC subway stations, stick with nycsubway.org. But, if you need a quick and dirty field guide when you're out rail fanning, this book is pretty decent for the money (abt $16). (Reviewed by Kevin Walsh) |
Underneath New York
| Harry Granick Reprint Edition, Paperback, 211 pages First published in the 1940s, this was a WPA Writers Program book detailing the underbelly of New York City, from the subways to gas and steam distribution, etc. |
Unifying the Subways: New York City's Rapid Transit System from Unification to the Transit Authority
| Frederick A. Kramer Railroad Avenue Enterprises Publishing This book includes a brief history of New York City transit from 1940 to 1956, with many black and white photographs of the period, including various rolling stock and the end of the elevated lines in New York City. |
Subway Construction
Building the Independent Subway
| Frederick Kramer New York: Quadrant Press, 19 West 44th St., New York, NY 10036
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Building the New Rapid Transit System of New York City Circa 1915
| Historical Reprint Xplorer Press, P.O. Box 614, Belleville, NJ 07109 A historical reprint of the engineering accounts in "Building the Dual Contract Lines for the City of New York", a series of articles from Engineering News in late 1915. Similar in scope to the Interborough Rapid Transit book The New York Subway: Its Construction and Equipment, this book includes many construction photographs and engineering illustrations of the Dual Contract subway and elevated lines. |
Subway to the World's Fair
| Frederick Kramer Paperback A look at the extensions made to the subway lines to accomodate the 1939-40 New York World's Fair. Lots of photos not seen elsewhere. |
Political & Social Aspects
Crime, Fear, and the New York City Subways: The Role of Citizen Action
| Dennis Jay Kenney Praeger Pub Text This book is a study of the impact of citizen action on crime and on the fear of crime. The author obtained the consent and cooperation of the Guardian Angels to use their activities in Harlem and the Bronx as a model in determining the effectiveness of such operations. In addition, on-site interviews were conducted with 2,700 nighttime subway riders. Contradicting many previously held beliefs, these data show that actual incidents of subway crime are remarkably low and that fear of crime among nighttime riders, while high, is not exceptional when compared to fear previously found in above ground settings. |
End of the Line, The: The Homeless and the Transportation Industry
| Rita Schwartz New York: Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Mole People, The: Life in the Tunnels Beneath New York City
Tunnel, The: The Underground Homeless of New York City
Subway Workers and Labor ConditionsI've Been Working on the Subway: The Folklore and Oral History of Transit
More Profile than Courage: The New York City Transit Strike of 1966
Transit Talk: New York's Bus and Subway Workers Tell Their Stories
Underground Woman: My Four Years As a New York City Subway Conductor
Art, Music, and ArchitectureArt En Route: Your Guide To Art in the MTA Network
Art In Transit
Art In Transit: Subway Drawings
Design For Transportation - 1995 National Awards
Life Below: The New York City Subway
Many Are Called
Poetry In Motion Postcard Book
Poetry In Motion: 100 Poems from the Subways and Buses
Street Dreams New York: Music from the Subways of New York City
Subplay: Subway Musicians of New York
Subway Memories
Subway Pictures, The
Underground Harmonies
Walker Evans: Subways and Streets
Graffiti CultureGetting Up: Subway Graffiti in New York
Graffiti NYC
Hip-Hop: The Illustrated History of Break Dancing, Rap Music, and Graffiti
New York: Graffiti 1970-1995
Subway Art
Subway Graffiti: An Aesthetic Study of Graffiti on the Subway System of New York City, 1970-1978
Streetcars/TrolleysBrooklyn Trolleys
Confessions of a Trolley Dodger from Brooklyn
New York Railways: The Green Line
Other New York Area RailroadsBrooklyn's Waterfront Railways
Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Revisited, The
Rails Under the Mighty Hudson
Westchester County's Million Dollar A Mile Railroad
Westchester's Forgotten Railway: An Account of the New York, Westchester, and Boston Railway Company
Other Cities: BostonBoston's Main Line El: The Formative Years
From Boston to the Berkshires
Tremont Street Subway: A Century of Public Service
Trolleys Under the Hub
Other Cities: ChicagoForty Feet Below: The Story of Chicago's Freight Tunnels
The "L": The Development of Chicago's Rapid Transit System
Other Cities: LondonDocklands Light Rail Official Handbook
Going Green - The Story of the District Line
London Underground Official Handbook
London Underground Rolling Stock
London Underground Stations
London's Underground, An Illustrated History
Mr. Beck's Underground Map
Northern Wastes... Uncompleted Northern Line Extensions
Piccadilly Progress
Rails Through the Clay
The London Underground Tube Stock
The Twopenny Tube - The Story of the Central Line
The Victoria Line - A Short History
Other Cities: ParisLe Metro
Le Patrimoine de la RATP
Paris Metro Handbook
Other Cities: PhiladelphiaRail Transit Philadelphia: The PTC Years 1940-1968
Trains, Trolleys, & Transit: A Guide to Philadelphia Area Rail Transit
Other Cities: San FranciscoCable Car
MUNI Photographs
San Francisco's Cable Cars
San Francisco's Cable Cars: Riding the Rope Through Past and Present
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