The Third Avenue El Demolition In The Bronx

Author : Michael Fusco
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781481028097
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Third Avenue El Demolition in the Bronx written by Michael Fusco and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 will be The Third Avenue El Demolition in the Bronx - 149th Street to Tremont Avenue, which will be available in early 2013. Both volumes will appeal not only to transportation fans but also to anyone interested in Bronx and New York history and fans of the 1970's.

Author : Michael Fusco
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781481173094
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Third Avenue El Demolition in the Bronx written by Michael Fusco and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Michael J. Fusco
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781494207199
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book More Third Avenue El Demolition in the Bronx written by Michael J. Fusco and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-11 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The pictures in this book are part of a unique collection of approximately 1,400 slides taken by the author of the Third Avenue El demolition in The Bronx in the 1970's with a few from 2005.These pictures were being made available for the 40th anniversary of the el closing in April 1973. The companion volumes to this book are The Third Avenue El Demolition in the Bronx – 149th Street to Tremont Avenue and The Third Avenue El Demolition in the Bronx – Tremont Avenue to Gun Hill Road, both published in 2012.These books will not only appeal to train fans but to fans of autos, buses, the 1970's, Bronx and New York history.Michael Fusco is a New York City based nature, botanical and weather photographer. His images appeared in the publications of the New York Botanical Garden, Brooklyn Botanic Garden and Shutterbug Magazine.

Author : Gregory J. Christiano
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1543450415
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rapid Transit Comes to the Bronx written by Gregory J. Christiano and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2017-09-14 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the merger of New York City and lower Westchester in 1874, there was a heightened interest in extending rapid transit lines across the Harlem River into this new section of the city. The newly acquired land was a mixture of hamlets, towns, villages, and farms on the fringes of urban development. There was great potential for economic growth. But it wasnt until 1882 when the first company was formed to provide transit service to what was to become the Borough of the Bronx. Continuation of elevated lines from Manhattan provided a suitable and adequate method of traveling to and from the city. This stimulated construction plans and many residential and commercial buildings arose dramatically along the routes. Here was material for a thrilling drama! Suddenly, rapid transit transformed dozens of sleepy, rural, unrelated communities into vibrant, cohesive, growing neighborhoods, itching for investment and economic development. Here is a history replete with flashes of genius as well a sordid spirit of greed. There were battles, schemes, and high ambitions, but in the end, great things were achieved. Our present generation can pay tribute to that remote past which gave us the city we know today.

Author : New York City Transit Authority
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Report to the New York City Transit Authority Demolition of Third Avenue Elevated Line South of 149th Street written by New York City Transit Authority and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Bill Twomey
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1600080626
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Bronx written by Bill Twomey and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2007-07 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you have ever been curious as to why there is a the in the Bronx or how the borough came to be named, look no further. Bill Twomey reveals the ins and outs of Bronx history as no one else can, and he does it in over 200 stories so you can read as much or as little as you like whether you have a few moments or a few hours. Find out the origins of the various communities of the borough and the stories of the many celebrities and interesting people who call the Bronx home. Whether you came from West Farms, Hunts Point, Glason Point, Throggs Neck, or Riverdale, there are stories here to entertain and educate you. Freedomland, Parkchester, Fort Schuyler, the Concourse, Yankee Stadium, the Bronx Zoo, and tales of old Baychester will remind you of a bygone era. No community is left out of the fascinating book that will make you the guru of all things Bronx.

Author : Erica Stein
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438486642
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Seeing Symphonically written by Erica Stein and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2021-08-01 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can the cinema imagine a different way of developing, using, and living in the city? Is it possible to do so using images of the extant city? Seeing Symphonically shows how a group of independent experimental, documentary, and feature films made in and about late modern New York City did just this. Between 1939 and 1964, as the city was being utterly remade by a combination of urban renewal projects, suburbanization, and high-rise public housing, the New York avant-garde reinvented the city symphony, a modernist form that depicted a day in the life of an urban environment through complex montage, optical effects, and street portraiture. Erica Stein documents how these New York City symphonies subverted and critiqued urban redevelopment through their aesthetics, particularly their rhythms, and, through those same rhythms, envisioned a world in which urban inhabitants have the absolute right to remake the city according to their needs, outside the demands of capital.

Author : George R. Malave
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781413421910
Total Pages : 46 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Third Avenue El written by George R. Malave and published by . This book was released on 2004-04 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : New York (N.Y.) Board of Transportation
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Proceedings written by New York (N.Y.) Board of Transportation and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Joseph B. Raskin
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
ISBN 13 : 0823253759
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Routes Not Taken written by Joseph B. Raskin and published by Fordham Univ Press. This book was released on 2013-12-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert A. Van Wyck, mayor of the greater city of New York, broke ground for the first subway line by City Hall on March 24, 1900. It took four years, six months, and twenty-three days to build the line from City Hall to West 145th Street in Harlem. Things rarely went that quickly ever again. The Routes Not Taken explores the often dramatic stories behind the unbuilt or unfinished subway lines, shedding light on a significant part of New York City’s history that has been almost completely ignored until now. Home to one of the world’s largest subway systems, New York City made constant efforts to expand its underground labyrinth, efforts that were often met with unexpected obstacles: financial shortfalls, clashing agendas of mayors and borough presidents, battles with local community groups, and much more. After discovering a copy of the 1929 subway expansion map, author Joseph Raskin began his own investigation into the city’s underbelly. Using research from libraries, historical societies, and transit agencies throughout the New York metropolitan area, Raskin provides a fascinating history of the Big Apple’s unfinished business that until now has been only tantalizing stories retold by public-transit experts. The Routes Not Taken sheds light on the tunnels and stations that were completed for lines that were never fulfilled: the efforts to expand the Hudson tubes into a fullfledged subway; the Flushing line, and why it never made it past Flushing; a platform underneath Brooklyn’s Nevins Street station that has remained unused for more than a century; and the 2nd Avenue line—long the symbol of dashed dreams—deferred countless times since the original plans were presented in 1929. Raskin also reveals the figures and personalities involved, including why Fiorello LaGuardia could not grasp the importance of subway lines and why Robert Moses found them to be old and boring. By focusing on the unbuilt lines, Raskin illustrates how the existing subway system is actually a Herculean feat of countless political compromises. Filled with illustrations of the extravagant expansion plans, The Routes Not Taken provides an enduring contribution to the transportation history of New York City.