722 Miles: The Building of the Subways and How They Transformed New York - Softcover

Hood, Clifton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0801880548 ISBN 13: 9780801880544

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004

Synopsis

When it first opened on October 27, 1904, the New York City subway ran twenty-two miles from City Hall to 145th Street and Lenox Avenue―the longest stretch ever built at one time. From that initial route through the completion of the IND or Independent Subway line in the 1940s, the subway grew to cover 722 miles―long enough to reach from New York to Chicago.

In this definitive history, Clifton Hood traces the complex and fascinating story of the New York City subway system, one of the urban engineering marvels of the twentieth century. For the subway's centennial the author supplies a new foreward explaining that now, after a century, "we can see more clearly than ever that this rapid transit system is among the twentieth century's greatest urban achievements."

About this title

About the Author:

Clifton Hood is associate professor of history at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York. He was formerly a curator of the LaGuardia Archives at LaGuardia College, City University of New York.

Review:

"One of the best urban-transportation histories to come down the tracks in a long time."

About this edition

• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0801880548
• ISBN 13: 9780801880544
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352