Authors: Doug Most
The Race Underground: Boston, New York, and the Incredible Rivalry That Built America's First Subway (61 page)
Subway construction on New York’s Park Row in November 1902. (
New York Transit Museum
)
The tunnel had to be dug deep beneath New York’s streets in the city’s northern half.
(New York Transit Museum
)
A rock slide in 1902 beneath Park Avenue at 38th Street nearly collapsed the tunnel and forced buildings to be supported. (
New York Transit Museum
)
Tunneling shields like this helped bore through the Manhattan schist. (
New York Transit Museum
)
New York celebrated its subway groundbreaking with great cheer on March 24, 1900, unlike Boston’s almost invisible ceremony. (
New York Transit Museum
)
When New York’s subway was ready to open, John McDonald was right in front and William Parsons was behind him. (
New-York Historical Society
)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Doug Most is the deputy managing editor for features at
The Boston Globe
. He is the author of
Always in Our Hearts: The Story of Amy Grossberg, Brian Peterson, the Pregnancy They Hid, and the Child They Killed
. He has written for
Sports Illustrated, Runner’s World,
and
Parents,
and his stories have appeared in
Best American Crime Writing
and
Best American Sports Writing
. He lives in Needham, Massachusetts.
THE RACE UNDERGROUND
. Copyright © 2014 by Doug Most. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
Cover design by The Book Designers
Cover photograph © Konmesa/
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eISBN 9781466842007
First Edition: February 2014