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Subways, Subways, Subways

October 3, 2014 | Bill V. | Comments (8)

 
  
All the talk about subways has gotten me thinking about books, books, books. There is a vibrant publishing and artistic culture around international subways including:

 

New York:

 The city beneath us building the New York subway    New York's forgotten substations the power behind the subway   

      Subway by Bruce Davidson

Helvetica and the New York City subway system the true (maybe) story

  

Subway Art 25th anniversary edition by Martha Cooper Art and the Subway New York Underground Meet Miss Subways New York's beauty queens 1941-1976

Subway style 100 years of architecture & design in the New York City subway

Many are called by Walker Evans (vintage photographs of New York City subway passengers from the 1940s)  Life below the New York City subway

 

 Paris:

Paris underground the maps, stations, and design of the Métro
  

Metronome A History of Paris from the Underground Up  Discover Paris by Métro  Metrostop Paris History From The City's Heart

Passengers photography book by Chris Marker

 

 

 London:

    London Transport Posters A Century of Art and Design see also Frank Pick's London : art, design and the modern city.  The moving metropolis a history of London's transport since 1800

The tube station to station on the London underground

Underground keeping London moving, 1863-2013   The subterranean railway how the London Underground was built and how it changed the city forever

London underground architecture, design and history

 

 

International:

Underground Travels on the Global Metro

The Great Society subway a history of the Washington Metro  Metro the story of the underground railway

Transit maps of the world

 

For a different approach you may want to read the Book Buzz blog post Subways, Subways, Subways which talks about Toronto's subways in fiction.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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8 thoughts on “Subways, Subways, Subways”

  1. It has never dawned on me about subway culture until this moment – perhaps it’s something that I took for granted. Such interesting references that are worthy of exploring

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  4. Hi thanks for your book suggestion. According to Wikipedia Slake’s Limbo won’the following “honors including a Lewis Carroll Shelf Award best book for young adults citation, an ALA Notable Book citation in 1978, and a Horn Book Fanfare Best Book Award in 1975”.
    There are 15 copies in the Toronto Public Library system of the title at the link you’ve provided.

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  5. books, books, books – what a wonderful response to subways, subways, subways.
    my all-time favourite book on subways is the now classic Robert Munsch children’s picture book Jonathan Cleaned Up – Then He Heard a Sound, or Blackberry Subway Jam. Torontonians may recognize our old red streetcars and old City Hall in Michael Martchenkos’s vibrant illustrations.

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