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Underground cities, mapping the tunnels, transits and networks underneath our feet, Mark Ovenden

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Underground cities, mapping the tunnels, transits and networks underneath our feet, Mark Ovenden

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-219) and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Underground cities

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1180180214

Responsibility statement

Mark Ovenden

Sub title

mapping the tunnels, transits and networks underneath our feet

Summary

Explores the area beneath the surface of 30 cities

Table Of Contents

North and South America. Los Angeles : made for streetcars -- Mexico City : the city in the dried up lake -- Chicago : the elevated city -- Cincinnati : the subway that never happened -- Toronto : weatherproof shopping -- Montreal : bilingual basements -- New York City : the global capital -- Boston : Tea Party was just the start -- Buenos Aires : persecution and perseverance -- Europe. Gibraltar : the riddled rock -- Madrid : mazes and metros -- Liverpool : first rail tunnels -- Manchester : pioneers and pipedreamsLondon : on Roman shoulders -- Barcelona : the planned city -- Paris : the Swiss cheese of Europe -- Rotterdam : holding back the sea -- Amsterdam : hidden under canals -- Marseille : tunnels made a beach -- Milan : crypts and pieces -- Oslo : opportune opening -- Rome : where roofs become foundations -- Munich : from the ashes -- Berlin : divided and healed -- Budapest : thermal layers -- Stockholm : in love with tunnels -- Helsinki : sheltering an entire city -- Moscow : secret subterrania -- Asia and Oceania. Mumbai : city of seven islands -- Beijing : created by hand -- Tokyo : meeting under a megalopolis -- Sydney : roads to nowhere

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