A number-one bestselling author and award-winning journalist, McNichol’s published books, articles and thought-leadership papers are deeply researched works of mega project construction in the United States. His keynotes are inspirations for a nation.
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Second Avenue Subway: Building New York City’s Most Famous Thing Never Built
Hard Cover
Non-Fiction
Trim Size: 10x10"
Page Count: 350 pages
Image Count: 256 (mostly unpublished)
Publisher: Big Dig Productions, Inc.
Release Date: Spring 2024
“Three subway stops have never been more important to a nation,” opens Dan McNichol’s new book, Second Avenue Subway: Building The Most Famous Thing Never Built In New York City.
Books by Dan McNichol
Second Avenue Subway
Building the Most Famous Thing Never Built in New York City
The Largest Urban Construction Project in the History of the Modern World
The Big Dig
The Roads That Built America
The Incredible Story of the U.S. Interstate System
A Legacy of Leadership
Governors And American History
The Big Dig
Mapping America’s Great Public Project
The Big Dig at Night
The Big Dig
Trivia Quiz Book
Paving the Way
Asphalt in America
Dan McNichol is a number one best-selling author. For decades, his books have celebrated the nation’s greatest infrastructure projects. He is an award-winning journalist and public speaker who has written for the New York Times, contributing to a front-page story urging the president of the United States to “build something inspiring.” As a national correspondent for ENR (Engineering News-Record magazine), McNichol drove across America in his rusty antique car, a 1949 Hudson, which became a metaphor for the nation’s broken infrastructure. He did this while reporting on the need to invest in civic projects. A regular contributor to National Public Radio programs, McNichol appears in numerous major documentaries about infrastructure. He served the president of the United States as a White House appointee focused on transportation infrastructure policy. His highly regarded experience and insight have led to communication gigs on the nation’s largest infrastructure projects, including as a chief spokesman for Boston’s Big Dig, California’s High Speed Rail, and reconstruction of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.