This dynamic visual history of the world's largest transit system -- in all its
intriguing, colorful, and even seedy glory -- is packed with fascinating facts
and hundreds of compelling photographs.
When the first New York subway line opened in 1904, it was the most advanced in
the world and a source of enormous civic pride. Today, it is an essential
function to the lives of New Yorkers and a perennial cultural touchstone. To be
a New Yorker is to take the train. To celebrate it, or grumble about it.
Subway: The History, Curiosities, and Secrets of the New York City Transit
System by John E.