Brian Cudahy offers a fascinating tribute to the world the subway created. Taking a fresh look at one of the marvels of the 20th century, Cudahy creates a vivid sense of this extraordinary achievement-how the city was transformed once New Yorkers started riding in a hole in the ground.
One hundred years after the first new electric trains pulled out of New York's City Hall station on October 24, 1904, Cudahy offers this fascinating tribute to the world the subway created, sharing five carefully linked tales to create a vivid sense of this achievement.