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New York Underground by Julia Solis
New York Underground by Julia Solis
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New York Underground

The Anatomy of a City
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Did alligators ever really live in New York's sewers? What's it like to explore the old aqueducts beneath the city? How many levels are beneath Grand Central Station? And how exactly did the pneumatic tube system that New York's post offices used to employ work? In this richly illustrated historical tour of New York's vast underground systems, Julia Solis answers all these questions and much, much more. New York Underground takes readers through ingenious criminal escape routes, abandoned subway stations, and dark crypts beneath lower Manhattan to expose the city's basic anatomy. While the city is justly famous for what lies above ground, its underground passages are equally legendary and tell us just as much about how the city works.

Author Biography:

Julia Solis is a writer and photographer who lives in New York City. She is the founder of two arts organizations: Dark Passage and Ars Subterranea, both of which are dedicated to exploring and exposing New York's underground passages.
Release date NZ
November 26th, 2007
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  • Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
  • Undergraduate
Illustrations
210 Halftones, black and white; 42 Illustrations, color; 168 Illustrations, black and white
Pages
292
Dimensions
216x279x18
ISBN-13
9780415963107
Product ID
2061431

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