Photo: Buried Treasure!
An extra-special new subway line in Queens. Source: DYFL/Flickr
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Photo: New York Subway Map Cake
Now that’s some nice icing! Source: smitten/Flickr
Historical Map: New York Subway “A” Line Map
Reader Jon Sivell sent me this awesome photo of an out-of-date “A” map, still in situ at Far Rockaway/Mott Ave station, the last stop at the very bottom right of this map. It dates from prior to 2003, as it shows a shuttle bus from Howard Beach/JFK Airport, not the AirTrain. Anyone have anything else that can pin the date down a little better? Edit: With the help of some eagle-eyed readers, we’ve narrowed this […]
Photo: Batman Consults the Subway Map
“Wait… this isn’t Gotham City!” Source: Bob Kieffer/Flickr
A Kid’s View of the New York Subway by Erin Jang
I’ve always loved this one-off poster by designer/illustrator Erin Jang. Designed specifically to showcase her three-year-old nephew’s favourite places in New York, it’s a fantastic example of pitch-perfect design: bright, bold and colourful with whimsical illustrations balancing the geometric route lines.
The Incredible Shape-Changing Island of Manhattan
The distortion of Manhattan on NYC subway maps over the years, expressed as a height-to-width ratio. Fascinating stuff from a New York Times article in 2010 enumerating the changes in the latest version of the map.
Fantasy Map: Chicago “L” Overlaid On New York City
A bit of whimsy for you today from Reddit, brought to my attention by Twitter user @GordonWerner. The “L” has been flipped both horizontally and vertically, then rotated to fit Manhattan’s street grid, but the scaling is accurate. It looks like The Loop is placed in the area directly below Central Park. A few things from this: it’s actually kind of scary how well this fits; and it’s astounding just how dense the New York […]
Historical Map: Boston MTA System, c. 1940s
Another aerial-style view of a transit system – this time of Boston’s MTA (Metropolitan Transit Authority: now known as the “T”) subway system. The attention to detail is wonderful, with each station and tunnel lovingly and accurately rendered. Note how the routes have different colours to the current map: the current colours come from a system-wide rebranding in the 1960s. Have we been there? Yes, and I used the “T” extensively while there. What we […]
New MTA Wayfinding Signage
Nice supplementary wayfinding signage at New York’s Union Square Station. YOU ARE HERE. Source: Nick Sherman/Flickr