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  1. Aug 29, 2024 · 120 Years of New York’s Subterranean Literary Muse. By Erica Ackerberg and Tina Jordan. The subway isn’t just buried in the bedrock of New York City — it’s embedded within its fiction, too ...

  2. Jun 6, 2024 · 2. “The subway is the visual metaphor for this invisible force that drives the city.” – Deirdre Mask. 3. “In the subway, we all become silent actors in the play called ‘The City’.” – Mehmet Murat ildan. 4. “The subway is a place of possibility, where strangers can become friends and stories can unfold.” 5.

  3. Jan 3, 2018 · The subway led the city’s recovery from the fiscal calamity of the 1970s. The subway was at the center of the rebuilding of Lower Manhattan after the Sept. 11 attacks. The subway got New York ...

  4. The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system in New York City serving the boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx. It is owned by the government of New York City and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, [ 14 ] an affiliate agency of the state-run Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). [ 15 ]

  5. The first subway system was proposed for London by Charles Pearson, a city solicitor, as part of a city-improvement plan shortly after the opening of the Thames Tunnel in 1843. After 10 years of discussion, Parliament authorized the construction of 3.75 miles (6 km) of underground railway between Farringdon Street and Bishop’s Road, Paddington.

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  6. Apr 15, 2016 · Here are 12 subway secrets you should know: You can tour an abandoned subway station. City Hall is one of the many abandoned stations within the system. Flickr. Several times each year, the New ...

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  8. Sep 10, 2020 · The city, in turn, was forever shaped by the subway—which neighborhoods got subway lines and which didn’t. The five men most responsible for making the subway system a reality in the early 20th century are also a window onto the society and social forces of their time. Each is an archetypical American character.

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