基本説明
An informal and accessible history of New York's underground - from the subways to the bowels of Columbia University to its old pneumatic tube mail system.
Full Description
Did alligators ever really live in New York's sewers? What's it like to explore the old aqueducts beneath the city? How many levels are beneath Grand Central Station? And how exactly did the pneumatic tube system that New York's post offices used to employ work?In this richly illustrated historical tour of New York's vast underground systems, Julia Solis answers all these questions and much, much more. New York Underground takes readers through ingenious criminal escape routes, abandoned subway stations, and dark crypts beneath lower Manhattan to expose the city's basic anatomy. While the city is justly famous for what lies above ground, its underground passages are equally legendary and tell us just as much about how the city works.
Contents
Introduction 1. A City Built on Treacherous Rock Part 1Struggling for Fresh Water 3. In the Wake of the Croton Maid 4. An Alligator Marks the Sewers 5. A Maze of Pipe Beneath the Streets Part 2: The Subway System 6. The Secret Subway of Alfred Beach 7. Welcome to the Subway Crush 8. Competition in the Underground 9. Silent Tunnels 10. Ghost Stations Part 3: Trains into New York 11. Moving Trains Below the Hudson 12. The Rise and Fall of Penn Station 13. The Mysteries of Grand Central Part 4: Historic Rail Tunnels 14. An Overview 15. The Lost Tunnel of Atlantic Avenue 16. The Freedom Tunnel Part 5: Underground Passageways 17. Playgrounds of the Underworld 18. Tunnels for the Masses 19. The Tunnels of Seaview Hospital 20. The Labyrinth Below Columbia University 21. The Graffiti of Dead Soldiers Part 6: Building Foundations 22. New York's Largest Foundation 23. Unusual Foundations 24. Breweries, Wine Cellars, Speakeasies 25. The Crypts Below Old St. Patrick's Cathedral 26. The Attraction of the Underground Acknowledgments Author Bio Bibliography
