Includes bibliographical references (pages [277]-339) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : a long wait for a train -- From a compact city into a metropolis -- An empty promise -- The billionaire's ambitions -- Construction begins and construction ends -- Saving the subway -- Planning from the bottom up -- A twenty-first-century subway -- Building a subway and unleashing the plagues -- Andrew Cuomo's finish line -- Conclusion : delays ahead.
Summary:
"The story of the Second Avenue subway, as it symbolizes New York's inability to modernize its infrastructure and reveals the ingredients necessary to build a twenty-first-century megaproject"-- Provided by publisher.
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