ISBN:
9781781318942
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (224 Seiten)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Ovenden, Mark, 1963 - Underground cities
DDC:
303.483
Keywords:
Underground areas
;
Cities and towns
;
Cities and towns
;
Underground areas..
;
Electronic books
;
Bildband
;
Stadt
;
Unterirdisches Bauwerk
Abstract:
Contents -- Introduction -- 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 pipedreams -- London 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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