Report of the New York State Bridge and Tunnel Commission
Author | : New York State Bridge and Tunnel Commission |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 926 |
Release | : 1922 |
Genre | : Bridges |
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Author | : New York State Bridge and Tunnel Commission |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 926 |
Release | : 1922 |
Genre | : Bridges |
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Author | : Robert W. Jackson |
Publisher | : NYU Press |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2011-12-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0814745032 |
Choice's Outstanding Academic Title list for 2013 "There is no comparable book on this tunnel. Highly recommended."—Choice Reviews Every year, more than thirty-three million vehicles traverse the Holland Tunnel, making their way to and from Jersey City and Lower Manhattan. From tourists to commuters, many cross the tunnel's 1.6-mile corridor on a daily basis, and yet few know much about this amazing feat of early 20th-century engineering. How was it built, by whom, and at what cost? These and many other questions are answered in Highway Under the Hudson: A History of the Holland Tunnel, Robert W. Jackson's fascinating story about this seminal structure in the history of urban transportation. Jackson explains the economic forces which led to the need for the tunnel, and details the extraordinary political and social politicking that took place on both sides of the Hudson River to finally enable its construction. He also introduces us to important figures in the tunnel's history, such as New Jersey Governor Walter E. Edge, who, more than anyone else, made the dream of a tunnel a reality and George Washington Goethals (builder of the Panama Canal and namesake of the Goethals Bridge), the first chief engineer of the project. Fully illustrated with more than 50 beautiful archival photographs and drawings, Jackson's story of the Holland Tunnel is one of great human drama, with heroes and villains, that illustrates how great things are accomplished, and at what price. Highway Under the Hudson featured in the New York Times Listen to Robert Jackson talk about the book on WAMC Radio
Author | : Kara Murphy Schlichting |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 329 |
Release | : 2019-04-23 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 022661316X |
The history of New York City’s urban development often centers on titanic municipal figures like Robert Moses and on prominent inner Manhattan sites like Central Park. New York Recentered boldly shifts the focus to the city’s geographic edges—the coastlines and waterways—and to the small-time unelected locals who quietly shaped the modern city. Kara Murphy Schlichting details how the vernacular planning done by small businessmen and real estate operators, performed independently of large scale governmental efforts, refigured marginal locales like Flushing Meadows and the shores of Long Island Sound and the East River in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The result is a synthesis of planning history, environmental history, and urban history that recasts the story of New York as we know it.
Author | : New York (State). Legislature |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1094 |
Release | : 1930 |
Genre | : |
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Author | : Alfred Emanuel Smith |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 770 |
Release | : 1926 |
Genre | : New York (State) |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Port of New York Authority. Library |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 92 |
Release | : 1969 |
Genre | : Harbors |
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