The lost subways of North America: a cartographic guide to the past, present, and what might have been
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Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2023.
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Book
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272 pages : color illustrations, maps (some color) ; 29 cm
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"Why is it that the mass transit systems of American cities are, by and large, inadequate? It's a common question and one that has generated substantial scholarship. But Jake Berman's The Lost Subways of North America offers a new way to consider it: a visual-and fun-journey through the past, present, and possible future of urban transit. Featuring Berman's own colorful maps of old, often forgotten streetcar lines, lost ideas for never-built transit, and modern rail systems, the book draws us into the fascinating transit histories of over 20 US and Canadian cities"--
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Branford/Blackstone Adult Nonfiction
388.4097 BER
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Guilford Adult Non-Fiction
308.409 BERMAN
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English
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9780226829791, 0226829790
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"Why is it that the mass transit systems of American cities are, by and large, inadequate? It's a common question and one that has generated substantial scholarship. But Jake Berman's The Lost Subways of North America offers a new way to consider it: a visual-and fun-journey through the past, present, and possible future of urban transit. Featuring Berman's own colorful maps of old, often forgotten streetcar lines, lost ideas for never-built transit, and modern rail systems, the book draws us into the fascinating transit histories of over 20 US and Canadian cities"--,Provided by publisher.
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Berman, J. (2023). The lost subways of North America: a cartographic guide to the past, present, and what might have been. The University of Chicago Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Berman, Jake. 2023. The Lost Subways of North America: A Cartographic Guide to the Past, Present, and What Might Have Been. The University of Chicago Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Berman, Jake, The Lost Subways of North America: A Cartographic Guide to the Past, Present, and What Might Have Been. The University of Chicago Press, 2023.
MLA Citation (style guide)Berman, Jake. The Lost Subways of North America: A Cartographic Guide to the Past, Present, and What Might Have Been. The University of Chicago Press, 2023.
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| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t Introduction -- |t Brief primer on transit and urban development -- |t Atlanta : The city too busy to hate -- |t Boston : Urban institutions, megaprojects, and city revival -- |t Chicago : The Loop elevated, beloved steel eyesore -- |t Cincinnati : A short history of a never-used subway -- |t Cleveland : Transit and the perils of waterfront redevelopment -- |t Dallas : They don't build them like they used to -- |t Detroit : The city-suburban rift and the most useless transit system in the world -- |t Houston : The city of organic growth -- |t Los Angeles : 72 suburbs in search of a city -- |t Miami : Overpromise, underdeliver -- |t Minneapolis-St. Paul : The mob takeover of Twin City rapid transit -- |t Montreal : The metro as showcase megaproject -- |t New Orleans : How a big city grew into a small town -- |t New York City : The tortured history of the Second Avenue subway -- |t Philadelphia : How not to run a railroad -- |t Pittsburgh : How to make buses work -- |t Richmond : The first streetcar system -- |t Rochester : The only city to open a subway, then close it -- |t San Francisco : The view from Geary Street -- |t Seattle : Consensus through exhaustion -- |t Toronto : Subway line as political football -- |t Vancouver : An exceptional elevated -- |t Washington, DC : The freeway revolt and the creation of Metro -- |t Conclusion. |
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