Sign marked Routes to the Triborough and Bronx-Whitestone Bridges / Triborough Bridge Authority Traffic Crossings Linking the Boroughs of Manhattan, Bronx and Queens.
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Light wear along original fold lines. Images and text on verso. Size 19.5 x 16.25 Inches. This engrossing c. 1939 folding map of New York City was prepared by local cartographic firm Hagstrom for the Triborough Bridge Authority. Meant primarily to inform motorists, it also serves as a celebration of the vision of urban planner and highway enthusiast Robert Moses. At the same time, the map chronicles one of Moses' rare defeats, the never-built 'Battery-Brooklyn Bridge.' A Closer Look Highly practical, the map includes a host of information on highways, major local roads, bridges and tunnels, ferries, airports and airfields, parks (another domain in Moses' kingdom), golf courses, and more. The map also includes some aesthetic flairs, including the ornate text used for waterways, harkening back to the engraved maps of the early modern period. Several important buildings are illustrated or otherwise indicated, including sports stadiums and Manhattan's major train stations (the only nod to the existence of the city's extensive train and subway network). Proposed or ephemeral structures such as the never-built Secaucus Airport and the short-lived Madison Square Garden Bowl in Queens are also included. Another obvious element of the map, marked out in orange, is the site of the 1939 World's Fair. Again, Robert Moses was a major driving force behind this feature of the city's landscape, having desired for years to transform the swamp-like wetlands, which were being used as a dumping ground for coal ash, into a beautiful park. The main purpose of the map, however, is to celebrate the opening of the Triborough and Bronx-Whitestone Bridge, opened in 1936 and 1937, respectively. The Triborough was the crowning achievement of Moses' career, a clear demonstration of the ease and efficiency of movement that could be achieved, even in the urban jungle of New York City, with enough concrete and willpower. While cursorily providing toll rates, most of the verso is occupied by photographs and renderings of the new bridges, including a miniaturized version of Edward Spofford's c. 1936 intricate bird's-eye view (also sold by us TriboroughBridgeAuthority-spofford-1936). Robert Moses and the Triborough Bridge Authority This map, like much else in New York City at the time, was connected to the influential urban planner Robert Moses. The Triborough Bridge (Robert F. Kennedy Bridge) was born of New York City's ambition to modernize its infrastructure and improve transportation during the early 20th century. Initially proposed in the 1920s as a means of connecting Manhattan, the Bronx, and Queens, the project gained momentum with the formation of the Triborough Bridge Authority in 1933, led by Moses. The bridge's construction was envisioned as part of the city's response to the increasing demand for efficient transportation routes and as a strategy to provide jobs during the Great Depression. Funded in part by federal New Deal programs, including the Public Works Administration, the ambitious project faced numerous financial and engineering challenges before construction began in earnest in 1934. The Triborough Bridge opened to traffic on July 11, 1936, and immediately transformed regional connectivity, facilitating commerce and travel between the boroughs while embodying the era's spirit of bold, transformative infrastructure projects. Its completion marked a pivotal moment in New York City's evolution into a modern, car-centric metropolis. When the Power Broker's Power Broke Perhaps the most noticeable and certainly the most unusual feature of this map is the non-existent 'Brooklyn-Battery Bridge,' noted as 'under construction.' To call this an exaggeration would be an understatement; 'under consideration' would be much more accurate. Moses was an ardent proponent of bridges, considering them easier and cheaper to build than tunnels, and more aesthetically pleasing to boot. But even though he had considerable political support at the city, state, and.…
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- Titolo
- Sign marked Routes to the Triborough and Bronx-Whitestone Bridges / Triborough Bridge Authority Traffic Crossings Linking the Boroughs of Manhattan, Bronx and Queens.
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- 1939 Hagstrom Map of New York City, w/ Never-Built 'Battery-Brooklyn Bridge'
- Anno di pubblicazione
- 1939
- Cataloghi dei venditori
- NEW-YORK-CITY-MAPS
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Geographicus Rare Antique Maps was founded in New York, New York, by Kevin James Brown in 1999. We are specialist antiquarians dealing in historic maps from all over the world and in all price ranges. Our enthusiasm, passion, and devotion to scholarship is expressed in our meticulously researched descriptions, among the most detailed and comprehensive available anywhere, for each and every rare map that passes over our desk. This same devotion guides the relationships of honesty and trust we have fostered with our clients, whether through purchasing or selling a rare map, getting an appraisal, or simply calling to discuss antique maps in general. We are happy to assist you no matter whether you are an interior decorator, an institution, an experienced collector, or are just looking for a single antique map. Geographicus is a member of the ABAA (Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America), the ILAB (International League of Antiquarian Booksellers), the New York Map Society, the Washington Map Society, the IMCOS, and the Society for the History of Discoveries. While primarily an internet-based company, we are happy to meet with clients to show our antique maps by appointment at our New York City location.…
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Geographicus Rare Antique Maps was founded in New York, New York, by Kevin James Brown in 1999. We are specialist antiquarians dealing in historic maps from all over the world and in all price ranges. Our enthusiasm, passion and devotion to scholarship is expressed in our meticulously researched descriptions, among the most detailed and comprehensive available anywhere, for each and every rare map that passes over our desk.
This same devotion guides the relationships of honesty and trust we have fostered with our clients, whether through purchasing or selling a rare map, getting an appraisal, or simply calling to discuss antique maps in general. We are happy to assist you no matter whether you are an interior decorator, an institution, an experienced collector, or are just looking for a single antique map.
Geographicus is a member of the ABAA (Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America), the ILAB (International League of Antiquarian Booksellers), Philip Lee Phillips Society, the New York Map Society, the Washington Map Society, the International Map Collectors Society and the Society for the History of Discoveries. While primarily an internet-based company, we are happy to meet with clients to show our antique maps by appointment at our New York City location.
Geographicus also works with clients to provide map themed interior design services as well as manufacture and install collection storage and display solutions.
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