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The Routes Not Taken A Trip Through New York City's Unbuilt Subway System

Joseph B. Raskin

Robert A. Van Wyck, mayor of the greater city of New York, broke ground for the first subway line by City Hall on March 24, 1900. It took four years, six months, and twenty-three days to build the line from City Hall to West 145th Street in Harlem. Things rarely went that quickly ever again. The Rou...

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Behind the Bastards

It was quoted to explain the philosophy of rapid subway expansion in New York City during a specific period, with the assumption that development would follow.

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The idea was to allow the subway system to expand and let the city go around it, he says.

— Episode: Part One: The Man Who Ruined New York

Episode: Part One: The Man Who Ruined New York

It was quoted to explain the philosophy of rapid subway expansion in New York City during a specific period, with the assumption that development would follow.

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The idea was to allow the subway system to expand and let the city go around it, he says.

Episode: Part One: The Man Who Ruined New York

It was discussed in relation to the rapid expansion of the New York City subway system in the early 20th century, suggesting that the city's strategy was to expand the subway and allow development to organically follow.

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The idea was to allow the subway system to expand and let the city go around it, he says.

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