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A Subway for New York
By Weitzman, David
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-37437-284-2
- Publisher
- Farrar
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 2006
Gr 4-8 This book is a glorious celebration and an accurate account of the birth of the New York City subway, which opened in 1904, the most ambitious transit system of its time. After much planning, construction of the first phase of the network took four and a half years and required dismantling and reconfiguring much of Manhattan -s infrastructure. Weitzm...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on November 1, 2005
By 1900 New York City had 3.4 million inhabitants; the streets were so crowded that only in song lyrics could one "trip the light fantastic" on its sidewalks. This congestion caused city planners to look for a solution. Two months into the twentieth century, they approved the construction of an underground subway system; four years later, the first link was up and running. How were they able to do it? Weitzman g...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
