Sutton publishing dez 2017 (2 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Baltimore Streetcar Memories captures the history of Baltimore's streetcar system, from its 1885 electric debut to its 1963 closure.Baltimore was the first United States city to begin regularly scheduled electric railway service in 1885.However, because of technical problems the line had to go back to horse car operation. After Frank J. Sprague developed an electric streetcar powered by an overhead wire for Richmond, Virginia; Baltimore adopted the new system and in 1893 opened the first electric line in the United States to operate on an elevated structure.By 1899, Baltimore streetcar lines, with their unique 5 foot 4.5 inch track gauge, were unified by the United Railways and Electric Company which purchased 885 semi-convertible cars with windows that could be raised up for summer operation and lowered for winter operation.Baltimore Transit Company was the third United States system to introduce modern Presidents' Conference Committee (PCC) cars and at its peak operated the eighth largest fleet of these cars.A combination of factors including a ridership decline and making many downtown streets one way contributed to conversion to an all bus system.Baltimore Streetcar Memories is a photographic essay of history of the Baltimore, Maryland streetcar system up to its closure in 1963 and the return of a modern streetcar/light rail system 29 years later in 1992.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A vivid account of Henry Lee Higginson's transformative housing vision, bringing 19th-century Boston and urban America to life.What a wonderful gift Margo Miller has given us in Château Higginson, a vivid and absorbing account of one man's efforts to construct a building that would create 'a new way for Bostonians--and Americans--to live.'Not only does Henry Lee Higginson (best known for founding the Boston Symphony Orchestra) and his housing gamble come to life, but a whole social class, indeed, all of nineteenth-century urban America, spread themselves before us in the narrative.Perspectives abound. Anecdotes enrich. Details, statistics, and little-known facts amaze. And it is written with elegance, confidence, grace, and wit.'A must-read for any lover of Boston history, any student of American urban history.' --William Martin, New York Times bestselling author of Back Bay and The Lincoln Letter.…