Central Station

Author : Lavie Tidhar
Publisher : Tachyon Publications
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781616962159

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Central Station by Lavie Tidhar Pdf

An NPR Best Book of 2016 An Amazon Featured Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Book A Guardian Best SF & Fantasy Book of 2016 Longlist, British Science Fiction Award 2016, Best Novel 2017 Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee "It's all of science fiction distilled into a single book." —Warren Ellis, author of Transmetropolitan and Gun Machine A worldwide diaspora has left a quarter of a million people at the foot of a space station. Cultures collide in real life and virtual reality. The city is literally a weed, its growth left unchecked. Life is cheap, and data is cheaper. When Boris Chong returns to Tel Aviv from Mars, much has changed. Boris’s ex-lover is raising a strangely familiar child who can tap into the datastream of a mind with the touch of a finger. His cousin is infatuated with a robotnik—a damaged cyborg soldier who might as well be begging for parts. His father is terminally-ill with a multigenerational mind-plague. And a hunted data-vampire has followed Boris to where she is forbidden to return. Rising above them is Central Station, the interplanetary hub between all things: the constantly shifting Tel Aviv; a powerful virtual arena, and the space colonies where humanity has gone to escape the ravages of poverty and war. Everything is connected by the Others, powerful alien entities who, through the Conversation—a shifting, flowing stream of consciousness—are just the beginning of irrevocable change. At Central Station, humans and machines continue to adapt, thrive...and even evolve.

Author : Michael Meighan
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781445623467

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Glasgow Central Station Through Time by Michael Meighan Pdf

This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Glasgow Central Station has changed and developed over the last century.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Public buildings and grounds
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1932
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105110730046

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Purchase of Grand Central Station Post Office Building, New York City. Hearing ... on S. 4771 ... June 8, 1932 by United States. Congress. Senate. Public buildings and grounds Pdf

Author : David D. Morrison
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781439667415

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Grand Central Terminal and Penn Station by David D. Morrison Pdf

Opened in 1913, Grand Central Terminal is a world-famous landmark building with a magnificent 48-foot-high, 1,500-ton statuary group on top of the main facade. Designed by sculptor Jules-Felix Coutan, a 13-foot-wide Tiffany clock serves as the centerpiece. The figure above the clock is Mercury, with Hercules to the left and Minerva to the right. In the late 1990s, a historic restoration was performed on the terminal after which two cast-iron eagle statues were placed over entrances at Lexington Avenue and Forty-Second Street/Vanderbilt Avenue. These eagles were from the 1898 Grand Central Station building that was demolished in 1910 to make room for the construction of the new Grand Central Terminal structure. Penn Station, which opened in 1910, covered two full city blocks and had statuary groups, designed by sculptor Adolph Weinman, on all four sides of the building. After Penn Station was demolished in the mid-1960s, the statuary was dispersed throughout various locations, mainly in the Northeast.

Author : Richard Deiss,Nick Snipes
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-09
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9783751949019

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Grand Central Terminal and the station at the end of the world by Richard Deiss,Nick Snipes Pdf

Dieses Taschenbuch enthält kleine Geschichten und Anekdoten zu 222 Bahnhöfen des amerikanischen Kontinents - von Alaska bis Feuerland. This pocket book contains short stories and anecdotes about 222 railway stations of the Americas, from Alaska to the Land of Fire.

Author : Jane Sale,Stephanie Coombes
Publisher : HarperCollins Australia
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2016-06-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781460706770

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Central Station by Jane Sale,Stephanie Coombes Pdf

Meet the men and women who live and work on some of Australia's most remote cattle stations, as they share their stories. Have you ever wondered what it's like living a day's drive from the nearest supermarket? Or having a million-acre backyard, with your next-door neighbours a two-hour drive away? These compelling true stories from the popular Central Station blog will open your eyes to what outback life is really like - and why many wouldn't live anywhere else. There are yarns from bosses, station cooks, ringers, single mums, kids, governesses, chopper pilots and more, told with humour, self-deprecation - and pride in a job well done. There are tales of mustering, stock camps, working dogs, rogue cattle and hard bloody yakka, but also the fun of a bush wedding or kicking back at a campdraft. There's the simple wonder of living in an amazing landscape, but also the downside: the ravages of flood, fire and drought. And always there's the inherent danger of isolation - times when the Flying Doctor came to the rescue, but also times when lives have been tragically cut short. A vivid, honest picture of outback life: the good, the bad - and the dusty!

Author : Sam Roberts
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-22
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781455525959

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Grand Central by Sam Roberts Pdf

A rich, illustrated - and entertaining -- history of the iconic Grand Central Terminal, from one of New York City's favorite writers, just in time to celebrate the train station's 100th fabulous anniversary. In the winter of 1913, Grand Central Station was officially opened and immediately became one of the most beautiful and recognizable Manhattan landmarks. In this celebration of the one hundred year old terminal, Sam Roberts of The New York Times looks back at Grand Central's conception, amazing history, and the far-reaching cultural effects of the station that continues to amaze tourists and shuttle busy commuters. Along the way, Roberts will explore how the Manhattan transit hub truly foreshadowed the evolution of suburban expansion in the country, and fostered the nation's westward expansion and growth via the railroad. Featuring quirky anecdotes and behind-the-scenes information, this book will allow readers to peek into the secret and unseen areas of Grand Central -- from the tunnels, to the command center, to the hidden passageways. With stories about everything from the famous movies that have used Grand Central as a location to the celestial ceiling in the main lobby (including its stunning mistake) to the homeless denizens who reside in the building's catacombs, this is a fascinating and, exciting look at a true American institution.

Author : Kurt C. Schlichting
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2003-04-30
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780801872969

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Grand Central Terminal by Kurt C. Schlichting Pdf

“Looks behind the facade to see the hidden engineering marvels . . . will deepen anyone’s appreciation for New York’s most magnificent interior space.” —The New York Times Book Review Winner of the Professional/Scholarly Publishing Award in Architecture from the Association of American Publishers Grand Central Terminal, one of New York City’s preeminent buildings, stands as a magnificent Beaux-Arts monument to America’s Railway Age, and it remains a vital part of city life today. Completed in 1913 after ten years of construction, the terminal became the city’s most important transportation hub, linking long-distance and commuter trains to New York’s network of subways, elevated trains, and streetcars. Its soaring Grand Concourse still offers passengers a majestic gateway to the wonders beyond 42nd Street. In Grand Central Terminal, Kurt C. Schlichting traces the history of this spectacular building, detailing the colorful personalities, bitter conflicts, and Herculean feats of engineering that lie behind its construction. Schlichting begins with Cornelius Vanderbilt—“The Commodore”—whose railroad empire demanded an appropriately palatial passenger terminal in the heart of New York City. Completed in 1871, the first Grand Central was the largest rail facility in the world and yet—cramped and overburdened—soon proved thoroughly inadequate for the needs of this rapidly expanding city. William Wilgus, chief engineer of the New York Central Railroad, conceived of a new Grand Central Terminal, one that would fully meet the needs of the New York Central line. Grand Central became a monument to the creativity and daring of a remarkable age. More than a history of a train station, this book is the story of a city and an age as reflected in a building aptly described as a secular cathedral.

Author : Anthony W. Robins,NY Transit Museum
Publisher : ABRAMS
Page : 1148 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-13
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781613123874

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Grand Central Terminal by Anthony W. Robins,NY Transit Museum Pdf

Packed with extraordinary photos, illustrations, and historical facts, a celebration of the legendary Manhattan rail terminal’s first century. Opened in February 1913, Grand Central Terminal—one of the country's great architectural monuments—helped create Midtown Manhattan. Over the next century, it evolved into an unofficial town square for New York. Today, it sits astride Park Avenue at 42nd Street in all its original splendor, attracting visitors by the thousands. This book celebrates Grand Central’s Centennial by tracing the Terminal’s history and design, and showcasing 200 photographs of its wonders—from the well-trodden Main Concourse to its massive power station hidden ten stories below. The stunning photographs, some archival and some taken by Frank English, official photographer of Metro-North Railroad for more than twenty-five years, capture every corner of this astonishing complex.

Author : United States. Bureau of the Census
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1915
Category : Electric light plants
ISBN : HARVARD:HB1YYF

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Central Electric Light and Power Stations and Street and Electrical Railways by United States. Bureau of the Census Pdf

Author : Canada. Fuel Board,Frank Aubrey Combe,Canada. Mines Branch
Publisher : F.A. Acland
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1924
Category : Heating from central stations
ISBN : STANFORD:36105027768774

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Central and District Heating by Canada. Fuel Board,Frank Aubrey Combe,Canada. Mines Branch Pdf

Author : United States. Patent Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1246 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1934
Category : Patents
ISBN : PSU:000064092928

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Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office by United States. Patent Office Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Joint Commission to Investigate the Value of Pneumatic-tube Mail Service
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1919
Category : Pneumatic-tube transportation
ISBN : HARVARD:HNH6E7

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Pneumatic Tube Mail Service by United States. Congress. Joint Commission to Investigate the Value of Pneumatic-tube Mail Service Pdf

Author : Kelli B. Kavanaugh
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2001-12-05
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781439613214

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Detroit's Michigan Central Station by Kelli B. Kavanaugh Pdf

In 1913, the Michigan Central Station opened its majestic entrances to the people of Detroit. Designed by Warren & Wetmore and Reed & Stern, the firms also noted as the architects of the Grand Central Station in New York City, the depot was a marvel of grandeur and comfort for the traveler lucky enough to utilize its facilities. Soldiers went to war, families both separated and rejoined, and folks looking for an honest living in the Motor City all walked the Michigan Central's elegant corridors. Since the last train pulled away from the station in 1988, the structure has fallen prey to rapidly paced deterioration. Detroit's Michigan Central Station captures the glory of the Michigan Central and its environs. Using photographs from the Burton Historical Collection, as well as private collections, the book illustrates the use of the Michigan Central Station by a city whose story dramatically parallels that of this magnificent structure. The book also includes imagined futures of the station from some of the many people who have been inspired by the magic this grand building continues to exude.

Author : Charles H. Bogart
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781312700598

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Railroads 40s & 50s by Charles H. Bogart Pdf

Each class one, class two and class three railroad in Kentucky is covered in text and photographs