My nabe, done up Vignelli style. (Courtesy of Vignelli Associates via Men’s Vogue)
The Massimo Vignelli subway map is back and better than ever. As part of a charity project for Men’s Vogue, Vignelli, famous in New York for his much-maligned 1972 reinterpretation of the subway map, has updated his famous and infamous map to reflect [...]
This is not the world’s most efficient subway system.
In a few short weeks, on April 29, one of the year’s most anticipated video games hits the shelves. That game, as many New Yorkers know, is the latest installment in one of the most polarizing and controversial video games of all time: Grand Theft Auto.
While a [...]
Nothing screams New York City quite like the subway map. The iconic map — or at least the 1998 redesign of The Map — appears in every guide book about to New York and is a ubiquitous decoration in subway cars and stations alike.
Recently, the map has made a few cameo appearances in the [...]
Last week, I introduced the View from Underground, a weekly posting of a photo or scene from the subway. This Tuesday’s View is, in honor of Sept. 11, a look back at impact that tragic day had on the subway.
On Tuesday, September 11, 2001, as events at the World Trade Center unfolded, the subways were [...]
For the straphanger in 2007, the subway system is one of those parts in New York City that’s Always Been There. We’ve always had the 1 train running up the West Side, the F, N, Q and D trains heading to Coney Island and the B, D and 4 trains going past the House that [...]
With Google Transit’s plan to map the New York public transportation system still very much in its infancy, among the best places to which to turn for Google-compatible transit information is onNYTurf.com’s NYC Subway Google Map Hack. It uses a variety of information — including staircase locations on stations in Manhattan — to provide [...]
Someone can always design a better subway map. (Image from Kickmap)
Among the subway literati, the map is always a hot topic of conversation. Unlike the standard Tube map or the WMATA map, the MTA’s subway map represents an effort to bring street-level reality to the cartography of the subway.
Again and again, MTA officials talk about [...]
Any subway aficionado looking to get around the city quickly has long known about onNYTurf.com’s Google Map mash-up of the Subways and the PATH train. The popular site receivers over 2000 hits daily and has been the best source for all your directional needs and one of the most visually appealing Google mash ups around. [...]
