# Event Details - **Event Name**: How Boss Tweed Killed New York’s First Subway! - **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 13 Nov, 2025 at 06:30 pm – Thu, 13 Nov, 2025 at 08:00 pm - **Event Description**: In 1870, Alfred Beach secretly built a subway under Broadway, only to have Boss Tweed find out—and K*ll it.About this EventMatthew Algeo, author of the new book (Island Press), will tell the incredible true story of New York’s first subway, a giant pneumatic tube that ran 300 feet under Broadway. Built in secret because Tammany Hall would never allow it to be built otherwise, the Beach Pneumatic Railway took the city by storm in 1870, and remains one of America’s great feats of engineering.Algeo's book will be available for sale and signing at the event.Matthew Algeo is an award-winning journalist and author. He is also the host of Kansas Public Radio’s Morning Edition. Algeo has reported from four continents for NPR News and written for major publications including the Atlantic, New York Times, and the Washington Post. He is the author of eight books, including Harry Truman’s Excellent Adventure: The True Story of a Great American Road Trip, which Christopher Buckley called“utterly likable,” and the Washington Post named one of the best books of the year. In addition to reporting and writing, Algeo has held jobs as a convenience store clerk, a gas station attendant, a Halloween costume salesman, and a proofreader. He also worked in a traveling circus as a hot dog vendor. 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