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Crossing Under the Hudson

Author : Angus Kress Gillespie
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813550831
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book Crossing Under the Hudson written by Angus Kress Gillespie and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2011-10-16 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crossing Under the Hudson takes a fresh look at the planning and construction of two key links in the transportation infrastructure of New York and New Jersey--the Holland and Lincoln Tunnels. Writing in an accessible style that incorporates historical accounts with a lively and entertaining approach, Angus Kress Gillespie explores these two monumental works of civil engineering and the public who embraced them. He describes and analyzes the building of the tunnels, introduces readers to the people who worked there--then and now--and places the structures into a meaningful cultural context with the music, art, literature, and motion pictures that these tunnels, engineering marvels of their day, have inspired over the years. Today, when new concerns about global terrorism may trump bouts of simple tunnel tension, Gillespie's Crossing Under the Hudson continues to cast a light at the end of the Holland and Lincoln Tunnels.

Crossing the Hudson

Author : Peter Jungk
Publisher : Other Press, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1590513681
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book Crossing the Hudson written by Peter Jungk and published by Other Press, LLC. This book was released on 2009-03-10 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gustav Rubin, a fur dealer in Vienna, flies to New York to spend the summer with his wife and two young children in a lake house north of the city. When he arrives late at JFK, he is met by his opinionated, unrelenting mother, Rosa. They rent a car and set out for Lake Gilead. But Gustav loses his way, and son and mother end up on the wrong side of the river. Trying to find the right route north, they become trapped on the Tappan Zee Bridge in the traffic jam of all traffic jams–a truck transporting toxic chemicals has turned over–and Gustav and Mother remain gridlocked high above the Hudson River. Gustav begins to think of his beloved father, a renowned intellectual, now eleven months dead. Then, in a surprising, highly original twist worthy of Kafka, both Gustav and Mother see the body – “the colossal, golem-like fatherbody” – of Ludwig David Rubin floating naked in the waters below. Crossing the Hudson is a profound meditation on a Jewish family and its past, especially the lasting distorting effects on a son of a famous, vital father and a clinging, overwhelming mother, and of the differences between the generation of European intellectual refugees who arrived in the United States during the Second World War and the children of that generation.

Crossing the Hudson

Author : Donald Wolf
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813549507
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book Crossing the Hudson written by Donald Wolf and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2010-04-15 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fog, tide, ice, and human error--before the American Revolution those who ventured to cross the vast Hudson Valley waterway did so on ferryboats powered by humans, animals, and even fierce winds. Before that war, not a single Hudson River bridge or tunnel had been built. It wasn't until Americans looked to the land in the fight for independence that the importance of crossing the river efficiently became a subject of serious interest, especially militarily. Later, the needs of a new transportation system became critical--when steam railroads first rolled along there was no practical way to get them across the water without bridges. Crossing the Hudson continues this story soon after the end of the war, in 1805, when the first bridge was completed. Donald E. Wolf simultaneously tracks the founding of the towns and villages along the water's edge and the development of technologies such as steam and internal combustion that demanded new ways to cross the river. As a result, innovative engineering was created to provide for these resources. From hybrid, timber arch, and truss bridges on stone piers to long-span suspension and cantilevered bridges, railroad tunnels, and improvements in iron and steel technology, the construction feats that cross the Hudson represent technical elegance and physical beauty. Crossing the Hudson reveals their often multileveled stories--a history of where, why, when, and how these structures were built; the social, political, and commercial forces that influenced decisions to erect them; the personalities of the planners and builders; the unique connection between a builder and his bridge; and the design and construction techniques that turned mythical goals into structures of utility and beauty.

The Hudson

Author : Frances F. Dunwell
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231136404
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (311 download)

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Download or read book The Hudson written by Frances F. Dunwell and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2008-05-12 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frances F. Dunwell presents a rich portrait of the Hudson and of the visionary people whose deep relationship with the river inspires changes in American history and culture. Lavishly illustrated with color plates of Hudson River School paintings, period engravings, and glass plate photography, The Hudson captures the spirit of the river through the eyes of its many admirers. It shows the crucial role of the Hudson in the shaping of Manhattan, the rise of the Empire State, and the trajectory of world trade and global politics, as well as the river's influence on art and architecture, engineering, and conservation.

Bridges of the Mid-Hudson Valley

Author : Kathryn W. Burke
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467105422
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)

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Download or read book Bridges of the Mid-Hudson Valley written by Kathryn W. Burke and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2020 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hudson River bridges, iconic structures of the New York State Bridge Authority, are the cornerstone of the Mid-Hudson Valley. Opened in 1924, the Bear Mountain Bridge was the first vehicular crossing of the Hudson River, south of Albany. Twentieth-century growth in the Hudson Valley can be traced to each bridge opening, the result of grassroot efforts by local residents. The Mid-Hudson Bridge, named for the region these bridges span, was designated an "Engineering Epic" following the tipping of the east caisson that delayed construction for a year while engineers and laborers struggled to right that caisson in the waters of the Hudson River. The plan for the Rip Van Winkle Bridge required the creation of the New York State Bridge Authority, when funding was otherwise impossible during the Great Depression. Three more bridges were built connecting remaining areas of the Mid-Hudson region. The last crossing became the "twin spans" of the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge, the New York State Bridge Authority's most traveled span. In 2010, the New York State Bridge Authority gained ownership of the bridge structure of the Walkway Over the Hudson, a pedestrian walkway built on the old Poughkeepsie Bridge, which opened for trains in 1889.

Curious Constructions

Author : Michael Hearst
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 1452162492
Total Pages : 113 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (521 download)

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Download or read book Curious Constructions written by Michael Hearst and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2017-04-25 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Curious about constructions? Inside this book, you'll come face-to-face with 50 incredible structures, including: a fire-breathing octopus sculpture; the skateboard ramp you'd need to jump the Great Wall of China; a whole community of tree houses in Costa Rica; and a lifesize X-Wing Starfighter built of Legos. These and many more fascinating accounts of constructions both fantastically useful and gloriously unnecessary await inquisitive readers, aspiring engineers, and anyone who ever looked at a skyscraper and thought, "Yeah, but what if it had a roller coaster on top?"

Empire on the Hudson

Author : Jameson W. Doig
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780231501255
Total Pages : 650 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Empire on the Hudson written by Jameson W. Doig and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2001-04-05 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revered and reviled in almost equal amounts since its inception, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has been responsible for creating and maintaining much of New York and New Jersey's transportation infrastructure—the things that make the region work. Doig traces the evolution of the Port Authority from the battles leading to its creation in 1921 through its conflicts with the railroads and its expansion to build bridges and tunnels for motor vehicles. Chronicling the adroit maneuvers that led the Port Authority to take control of the region's airports and seaport operations, build the largest bus terminal in the nation, and construct the World Trade Center, Doig reveals the rise to power of one of the world's largest specialized regional governments. This definitive history of the Port Authority underscores the role of several key players—Austin Tobin, the obscure lawyer who became Executive Director and a true "power broker" in the bi-state region, Julius Henry Cohen, general counsel of the Port Authority for its first twenty years, and Othmar H. Ammann, the Swiss engineer responsible for the George Washington Bridge, the Bayonne and Goethels bridges, the Outerbridge Crossing, and the Lincoln Tunnel. Today, with public works projects stalled by community opposition in almost every village and city, the story of how the Port Authority managed to create an empire on the Hudson offers lessons for citizens and politicians everywhere.

Crossing Broadway

Author : Robert W. Snyder
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 0801455170
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Crossing Broadway written by Robert W. Snyder and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2014-12-18 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert W. Snyder's Crossing Broadway tells how disparate groups overcame their mutual suspicions to rehabilitate housing, build new schools, restore parks, and work with the police to bring safety to streets racked by crime and fear. It shows how a neighborhood once nicknamed "Frankfurt on the Hudson" for its large population of German Jews became "Quisqueya Heights"—the home of the nation's largest Dominican community. The story of Washington Heights illuminates New York City's long passage from the Great Depression and World War II through the urban crisis to the globalization and economic inequality of the twenty-first century. Washington Heights residents played crucial roles in saving their neighborhood, but its future as a home for working-class and middle-class people is by no means assured. The growing gap between rich and poor in contemporary New York puts new pressure on the Heights as more affluent newcomers move into buildings that once sustained generations of wage earners and the owners of small businesses. Crossing Broadway is based on historical research, reporting, and oral histories. Its narrative is powered by the stories of real people whose lives illuminate what was won and lost in northern Manhattan's journey from the past to the present. A tribute to a great American neighborhood, this book shows how residents learned to cross Broadway—over the decades a boundary that has separated black and white, Jews and Irish, Dominican-born and American-born—and make common cause in pursuit of one of the most precious rights: the right to make a home and build a better life in New York City.

Crossing the Hudson

Author : Donald E. Wolf
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813547083
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book Crossing the Hudson written by Donald E. Wolf and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Donald E. Wolf simultaneously tracks the founding of the towns and villages along the water's edge and the development of technologies such as steam and internal combustion that demanded new ways to cross the river. As a result, innovative engineering was created to provide for these resources.

Left Bank of the Hudson

Author : David J. Goodwin
Publisher : Empire State Editions
ISBN 13 : 9780823278039
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Left Bank of the Hudson written by David J. Goodwin and published by Empire State Editions. This book was released on 2018 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "For nearly twenty years, a small, dedicated band of artists rented studio space at 111 1st Street, a former tobacco warehouse near the Hudson River waterfront in Jersey City, New Jersey. These artists eventually became engaged in a fight for their survival within the building and a city undergoing gentrification"--

Second Thief, Best Thief

Author : Anthony Olszewski
Publisher : GET NJ
ISBN 13 : 9780977760015
Total Pages : 22 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Second Thief, Best Thief written by Anthony Olszewski and published by GET NJ. This book was released on 2006 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Washington's Crossing

Author : David Hackett Fischer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199756678
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)

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Download or read book Washington's Crossing written by David Hackett Fischer and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-02-01 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six months after the Declaration of Independence, the American Revolution was all but lost. A powerful British force had routed the Americans at New York, occupied three colonies, and advanced within sight of Philadelphia. Yet, as David Hackett Fischer recounts in this riveting history, George Washington--and many other Americans--refused to let the Revolution die. On Christmas night, as a howling nor'easter struck the Delaware Valley, he led his men across the river and attacked the exhausted Hessian garrison at Trenton, killing or capturing nearly a thousand men. A second battle of Trenton followed within days. The Americans held off a counterattack by Lord Cornwallis's best troops, then were almost trapped by the British force. Under cover of night, Washington's men stole behind the enemy and struck them again, defeating a brigade at Princeton. The British were badly shaken. In twelve weeks of winter fighting, their army suffered severe damage, their hold on New Jersey was broken, and their strategy was ruined. Fischer's richly textured narrative reveals the crucial role of contingency in these events. We see how the campaign unfolded in a sequence of difficult choices by many actors, from generals to civilians, on both sides. While British and German forces remained rigid and hierarchical, Americans evolved an open and flexible system that was fundamental to their success. The startling success of Washington and his compatriots not only saved the faltering American Revolution, but helped to give it new meaning.

Bridges Over the Delaware River

Author : Frank T. Dale
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813532134
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Bridges Over the Delaware River written by Frank T. Dale and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Dale brings us the stories behind each bridge, covering design, engineering, ownership, finances, and politics. He chronicles the life of each, from the original construction, through modifications, and sometimes, through the bridges' multiple destructions and reconstructions... Dozens of rare photos give readers a captivating window back into the past"--from back cover.

Crossing Hudson

Author : Mandy M. Roth
Publisher : Raven Happy Hour
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Crossing Hudson written by Mandy M. Roth and published by Raven Happy Hour. This book was released on 2015-01-14 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full-Length Paranormal Romance Beware of slayers in sheep’s clothing. Maryann “Ryan” Mackenzie was raised to be the perfect mate to a powerful alpha male, with the sole purpose of helping him resist his dark side. What better way to fight darkness than to make her emulate all that is goodness and light? That was before everything she loved was taken away from her. Sweet Maryann is dead and Ryan has emerged from her ashes, a slayer with one final task to complete. The last thing she needs is a hunky new Guardian getting in her way. Alpha male shifter Hudson Carver is many things, but a glorified babysitter isn’t one of them. When he’s summoned to take on a new charge, he’s less than pleased. She may be a slayer, but there’s a reason he’s been assigned as her Guardian. She’s got a whole heap of evil on her trail and he isn’t about to let one hair on her head be harmed—especially when he realizes who she is to him. His mate. Genre: urban fantasy, paranormal romance, shifter romance, wolf-shifter, fae, magic, dark, urban, hea, kick butt chick, vampire

Politics Across the Hudson

Author : Philip Mark Plotch
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813599784
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book Politics Across the Hudson written by Philip Mark Plotch and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-20 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2015 American Planning Association New York Metro Chapter Journalism Award The State of New York built one of the world’s longest, widest, and most expensive bridges—the new Tappan Zee Bridge—stretching more than three miles across the Hudson River, approximately thirteen miles north of New York City. In Politics Across the Hudson, urban planner Philip Plotch offers a behind-the-scenes look at three decades of contentious planning and politics centered around this bridge, recently renamed for Governor Mario M. Cuomo, the state's governor from 1983 to 1994. He reveals valuable lessons for those trying to tackle complex public policies while also confirming our worst fears about government dysfunction. Drawing on his extensive experience planning megaprojects, interviews with more than a hundred key figures—including governors, agency heads, engineers, civic advocates, and business leaders—and extraordinary access to internal government records, Plotch tells a compelling story of high-stakes battles between powerful players in the public, private, and civic sectors. He reveals how state officials abandoned viable options, squandered hundreds of millions of dollars, forfeited more than three billion dollars in federal funds, and missed out on important opportunities. Faced with the public’s unrealistic expectations, no one could identify a practical solution to a vexing problem, a dilemma that led three governors to study various alternatives rather than disappoint key constituencies. This revised and updated edition includes a new epilogue and more photographs, and continues where Robert Caro’s The Power Broker left off and illuminates the power struggles involved in building New York’s first major new bridge since the Robert Moses era. Plotch describes how one governor, Andrew Cuomo, shrewdly overcame the seemingly insurmountable obstacles of onerous environmental regulations, vehement community opposition, insufficient funding, interagency battles, and overly optimistic expectations...

River Crossings

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780988855793
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (557 download)

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Download or read book River Crossings written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Published on the occasion of the landmark exhibition River Crossings: Contemporary Art Comes Home, on view at Olana State Historic Site, Hudson, New York and Thomas Cole National Historic Site, Catskill, New York from May 3 to November 1, 2015."

Crossing Under the Hudson

Author : Angus K. Gillespie
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813550033
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book Crossing Under the Hudson written by Angus K. Gillespie and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crossing Under the Hudson takes a fresh look at the planning and construction of two key links in the transportation infrastructure of New York and New Jersey--the Holland and Lincoln Tunnels. Writing in an accessible style that incorporates historical accounts with a lively and entertaining approach, Angus Kress Gillespie explores these two monumental works of civil engineering and the public who embraced them. He describes and analyzes the building of the tunnels, introduces readers to the people who worked there--then and now--and places the structures into a meaningful cultural context with the music, art, literature, and motion pictures that these tunnels, engineering marvels of their day, have inspired over the years. Today, when new concerns about global terrorism may trump bouts of simple tunnel tension, Gillespie's Crossing Under the Hudson continues to cast a light at the end of the Holland and Lincoln Tunnels.