Subway Style; 100 Years of Architecture & Design in the New York City Subway

The format is approximately 10.75 inches by 9.25 inches. ix, [1], 241, [1] pages Illustrated endpapers. Illustrations (sine in color). Maps. Selected Bibliography., Index. Decorative dust jacket. This is a heavy, oversized book that if sent outside of the United States would require additional shipping charges. Introduction by Joseph Giovannini. More than 250 extraordinary photographs--including both newly commissioned color photographs and period images from the New York Transit Museum archives--chronicle one hundred years of architectural and design history from the New York City subway system, including everything from the interiors of the trains and architectural details of the stations to the development of the token and mosaic signage. Andrew Garn has worked as a photographer for magazines such as House & Garden, Fortune, the New York Times Magazine, and Vogue. The New York Transit Museum (also called the NYC Transit Museum) is a museum that displays historical artifacts of the New York City Subway, bus, and commuter rail systems in the greater New York City metropolitan region. The main museum is located in the decommissioned Court Street subway station in Downtown Brooklyn and Brooklyn Heights in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. There is a smaller satellite Museum Annex in Grand Central Terminal in Midtown Manhattan. The museum includes subway, bus, railway, bridge, and tunnel memorabilia; and other exhibits including vintage signage and in-vehicle advertisements; and models and dioramas of subway, bus, and other equipment. A program of lectures, seminars, films, and tours for all ages is offered at the museum. In addition, offsite programs consist of guided tours of MTA facilities, subway stations, artwork and architecture, and New York neighborhoods, as well as opportunities to ride vintage railway and bus equipment. Among the topics covered are Stations and Structures, Station Ceramic Designs, Metalwork and Lighting, Station Furnishings, Fare Collection, Signage and Graphics, Route and System Maps, Advertising, and Rolling Stock: Car Design.