London's Underground
London's Underground

Author: Oliver Green

Publisher: White Lion Publishing

Published: 2019-09-24

Total Pages: 275

ISBN-13: 0711240132

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It is impossible to imagine London without the Tube: the beating heart of the city, the Underground shuttles over a billion passengers each year below its busy streets and across its leafy suburbs. The distinctive roundel, colour-coded maps and Johnston typeface have become design classics, recognised and imitated worldwide. Opening in 1863, the first sections were operated by steam engines, yet throughout its long history the Tube has been at the forefront of contemporary design, pioneering building techniques, electrical trains and escalators, and business planning. Architects such as Leslie W. Green and Charles Holden developed a distinctively English version of Modernism, and the latest stations for the Jubilee line extension, Overground and Elizabeth line carry this aesthetic forward into the twenty-first century. In this major work published in association with Transport for London, Tube expert Oliver Green traces the history of the Underground, following its troubles and triumphs, its wartime and peacetime work, and the essential part it has played in shaping London’s economy, geography, tourism and identity. Specially commissioned photography by Benjamin Graham (UK Landscape Photographer of the Year 2017) brings the story to life in vivid portraits of London Underground’s stations, tunnels and trains.

Metropolitan-suburban and Country Stations
Metropolitan-suburban and Country Stations

Author: Western Australian Government Railways, Tramways, and Electricity Supply. Committee to Report on Country Stations

Publisher:

Published: 1928*

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13:

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Reports dated October 1927 to July 1928 by the Committee to Report on Country Stations, and, the Committee to Report on Metropolitan-Suburban Stations concerning station staff and cost cutting. Includes details of staff at stations in the Perth Metropolitan area, country stations in the South-West, the wheatbelt, Kalgoorlie and Geraldton.

The Hub's Metropolis
The Hub's Metropolis

Author: James C. O'Connell

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 2013-03-22

Total Pages: 341

ISBN-13: 0262018756

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The evolution of the Boston metropolitan area, from country villages and streetcar suburbs to exurban sprawl and “smart growth.” Boston's metropolitan landscape has been two hundred years in the making. From its proto-suburban village centers of 1800 to its far-flung, automobile-centric exurbs of today, Boston has been a national pacesetter for suburbanization. In The Hub's Metropolis, James O'Connell charts the evolution of Boston's suburban development. The city of Boston is compact and consolidated—famously, “the Hub.” Greater Boston, however, stretches over 1,736 square miles and ranks as the world's sixth largest metropolitan area. Boston suburbs began to develop after 1820, when wealthy city dwellers built country estates that were just a short carriage ride away from their homes in the city. Then, as transportation became more efficient and affordable, the map of the suburbs expanded. The Metropolitan Park Commission's park-and-parkway system, developed in the 1890s, created a template for suburbanization that represents the country's first example of regional planning. O'Connell identifies nine layers of Boston's suburban development, each of which has left its imprint on the landscape: traditional villages; country retreats; railroad suburbs; streetcar suburbs (the first electric streetcar boulevard, Beacon Street in Brookline, was designed by Frederic Law Olmsted); parkway suburbs, which emphasized public greenspace but also encouraged commuting by automobile; mill towns, with housing for workers; upscale and middle-class suburbs accessible by outer-belt highways like Route 128; exurban, McMansion-dotted sprawl; and smart growth. Still a pacesetter, Greater Boston has pioneered antisprawl initiatives that encourage compact, mixed-use development in existing neighborhoods near railroad and transit stations. O'Connell reminds us that these nine layers of suburban infrastructure are still woven into the fabric of the metropolis. Each chapter suggests sites to visit, from Waltham country estates to Cambridge triple-deckers.

Melbourne and around Rough Guides Snapshot Australia (includes the Yarra Valley, Mornington Peninsula, Phillip Island and the Dandenongs)
Melbourne and around Rough Guides Snapshot Australia (includes the Yarra Valley, Mornington Peninsula, Phillip Island and the Dandenongs)

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Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2012-03-01

Total Pages: 263

ISBN-13: 1409361020

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The Rough Guide Snapshot to Melbourne and around is the ultimate travel guide to this vibrant city and its surrounding region. It guides you through the region with reliable information and comprehensive coverage of all the sights and attractions, whether you're on a foodie tour of the city's world-class restaurants or catching an Aussie Rules match at the MCG, exploring Chinatown's narrow lanes or wine-tasting in the Yarra Valley. Detailed maps and up-to-date listings pinpoint the best cafés, restaurants, hotels, shops, bars and nightlife, ensuring you have the best trip possible, whether passing through, staying for a few days or longer. Also included is the Basics section from the Rough Guide to Australia, with all the practical information you need for travelling in and around Australia, including transport, food, drink, costs, health, entry requirements and outdoor activities. Also published as part of the Rough Guide to Australia. Full coverage: the city and its suburbs, as well as sights around Melbourne including the Mornington Peninsula, French Island, Phillip Island, the Yarra Valley and the Dandenongs, Geelong and the Bellarine Peninsula. (Equivalent printed page extent 108 pages).