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chapters. The first two, “The Seventies” and “The Eighties,” make up more than half of the volume and are mostly de- voted to the elevated lines of Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx. The book is at its best and most immersive when it takes advantage of its horizontal lay- out, stretching panoramic shots across two full pages to reveal a cityscape both familiar and foreign. The subsequent sections are briefer
but still compelling. “Subway Yards” shows some of the most decrepit equip- ment the system had to offer and high- lights the wide-open, industrial land- scapes of the outer-boroughs not often associated with New York City. “The Underground” is unfortunately so short as to feel like an afterthought, which is a shame considering the heightened drama of these ominous photos of sub- terranean Manhattan, which will no doubt leave you checking over your shoulder every few minutes for mug- gers and thugs. “The Graffiti Cars” lives up to its ti-
tle, featuring trains that have had nearly every square inch of surface area covered in spray paint (a phenom- enon that has long since been eclipsed by the era of a graffiti-resistant coating on subway cars). “Work Equipment” showcases some of the unusual rolling stock that kept the lines in service, and “Scrap Trains” is a post-mortem look at the subways, remarkable mostly for how little difference is discernible be- tween trains deemed scrap and those still in daily service at the time. While the book contains only a few
pages of text, or perhaps because of this reason, the repeated typos are a dis- traction and leave you wishing as much care had been devoted to the writing as to the photography selection. Such drawbacks aside, New York Subways & Stations 1970-1990 is an engaging time capsule from a unique time in the city’s history forever lost to the sands of time and gentrification. Modelers with an interest in late twentieth century urban scenes should be able to find
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