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if you like this, you may find this book interesting:

The Works: Anatomy of a City.

my GF got it for her post grad architecture degree and i found it really well illustrated and interesting! For example it outlines the steam grid in NYC and current vs historic uses

https://www.amazon.com/Works-Anatomy-City-Kate-Ascher/dp/014...

I highly recommend Kate Ascher's "The Works: The Anatomy of a City" if you are fascinated by underground and other workings.

https://www.amazon.com/Works-Anatomy-City-Kate-Ascher/dp/014...

⬐ Tomte

Good book, but too NYC-centric for my taste. OTOH, that made everything pretty concrete.

Another great book is "Underground" by David Macaulay. Beautiful, breathtaking drawings.

On a similar note, about NYC infrastructure design (not just data connectivity), I highly recommend Kate Ascher's "The Works: Anatomy of a city".

http://www.amazon.com/The-Works-Anatomy-Kate-Ascher/dp/01431...

If you like this, you'll love Kate Ascher's The Works: Anatomy of a City (http://www.amazon.com/The-Works-Anatomy-Kate-Ascher/dp/01431...). It's slightly out of date (but much more up to date than the OP!).

And if you like that, you'll REALLY love Brian Hayes' Infrastructure: A Field Guide to the Industrial Landscape (http://www.amazon.com/Infrastructure-Field-Guide-Industrial-...). It's porn for people who like to try to figure out what the random towers in a chemical plant do, or how the electrical station you just passed on the interstate works.

⬐ _delirium

> try to figure out what the random towers in a chemical plant do

Tangential, but that phrasing reminds me of this article: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3390719

If you guys find this interesting, check out a book called "The Works: Anatomy of a city"[1]. It covers almost everything that makes NYC tick. From freight channels, to how post offices route everything, to how water and electricity is generated and delivered to zip codes and land division. The book is filled with gorgeous info-graphics and illustrations. I sat in the book store for an hour flipping through it before buying it.

[1] http://www.amazon.com/dp/0143112708/

⬐ tjic

Agreed. Great book.