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The Warriors’ Subway System

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Historical Maps, Popular Culture

Via: cuttingroomflaw: The map of the New York subway system that featured in The Warriors was  replaced in the same year that the film was released, 1979. The map seen in the film was designed by Massimo Vignelli and was first introduced by the Metropolitan Transport Authority in 1972. “But many New Yorkers were outraged by what they saw as the misrepresentation of their city, while tourists struggled to relate Mr. Vignelli’s design to what […]