1979 subway map – History of the New York City Subway Map

Downtown in Raleigh D'Adamo's 'proof-of-concept' subway map, 1964. Digital reconstruction by Reka Komoli, 2015

The Rosetta Stone of Subway Colours

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17 February 2022
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One piece of paper was the key to the trunk colours of the subway ... On my second visit to the archives of the New York Transit Museum, on March…

Capturing the Moment

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7 February 2022
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The man who photographed the Great Subway Map Debate ... In 1978, the MTA Subway Map Committee, led by John Tauranac, decided to go public with its prototype subway map,…

Sculpting Subway Lines

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2 February 2022
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The man who shaped the subway map for a generation ... The shape of the route lines on the New York City subway map are so familiar to us that…