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Author:   Kenneth M. Gold
Publisher:   Columbia University Press
Imprint:   Columbia University Press
ISBN:  

9780231208611

ISBN 10:   0231208618
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   04 April 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction Part I: Consolidation and Its Aftermath 1. Setting the Stage: Staten Island in the Late Nineteenth Century 2. Joining the City: Staten Island and the Consolidation of New York, 1898 3. Envisioning the Future: What Consolidation Would Bring to Staten Island, 1890–1909 Part II: A Subway for Growth 4. Hitching a Ride: Early Efforts to Tunnel to Staten Island, 1900–1909 5. Leaving the Station: The Dual Contracts and Aftermath, 1909–1919 6. Planning the Region: The Hylan Tunnel and the Politics of Commerce, 1920–1923 7. Getting the Shaft: The Demise of the Hylan Tunnel, 1922–1925 Part III: Subway Persistence and Automobile Emergence 8. Driving the Narrows: New Options for Connection, 1925–1932 9. Facing the Competition: Last Gasps for a Subway and a Tunnel, 1933–1945 10. Spanning the Narrows: The Triumph of the Verrazano Bridge, 1945–1964 11. Assessing the Disconnect: What the Distance Wrought Conclusion Epilogue: What the Bridge Wrought A Note on Staten Island’s Historic Newspapers Source Abbreviations Notes Index

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With this book, Kenneth M. Gold assures us that the Forgotten Borough shall be forgotten no more. He offers an insightful picture of Staten Island before the bridge and brings to light the hitherto little known story of the tunnel that never was. His book certainly enhances and complicates our understanding of twentieth century New York. -- Jeffrey A. Kroessler, author of <i>Sunnyside Gardens: Planning and Preservation in a Historic Garden Suburb</i>

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Kenneth M. Gold is associate professor of educational studies at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York, where he was the founding dean of the School of Education. He is the author of School’s In: The History of Summer Education in American Public Schools (2002) and coeditor of Discovering Staten Island: A 350th Anniversary Commemorative History (2011).

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