The City Beneath Us: Building the New York Subway

by New York City Transit Museum and Vivian Heller

Book Overview

There have been, and will be, other books on the New York City subway system, but none have had access to the wonderful photographic prints from the collections of the New York Transit Museum that are presented in this volume. Made from 8 x 10-inch glass negatives after the turn of the last century, and reproduced here in glorious duotone, over 175 images show the incredible construction techniques and details involved in creating the underground...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393057976
• ISBN13: 9780393057973
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.9" x 10.3"