Comparing life in New York City with San Francisco
Uncovering the First, Fascinating Rulebook for Subway Sign Design
via theatlantic:
The 180-page binder, the key to the system’s iconic design choices, outlines a meticulous vision of signage intended not merely to look good — though it does — but to simplify navigation of the subterranean labyrinth. In its attention to passenger behavior, the manual goes above and beyond what most of us would term graphic design.
“The subway rider should be given only information at the point of decision,” proclaimed the designers. “Never before. Never after.”
Read more. [Images: NYCTA]
Saying goodbye to a key part of the urban landcape over the last 50+ years…
via nycdoitt:
Check out the video of the Reinvent Payphones Information Session held on January 23, 2013. City officials from eight agencies answered participants’ questions ranging from redesigning public space, to providing amenities in City parks, to integrating with transportation furniture. Here are some key takeaways:
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- Think about how the city could provide new services, useful information, and communications technology while sustaining current revenues.
- Ensure prototypes are future-focused; consider the rapid pace of technological change.
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Submit your prototype at nyc.gov/reinventpayphones before 9AM EST on February 18, 2013 and you could help shape the future of New York City’s streets. Competition judges will select up to 15 semi-finalists to present at the Reinvent Payphones demo day on Tuesday, March 5, 2013.
Delta casts its shadow of reconstruction over JFK airport…
via areasofmyexpertise:
The ruin of the former Pan-Am Worldport is TOTAL MELANCHOLY. It as if it has been cared for by someone actively angry at architecture, the jet age, EVERYTHING. (at Terminal 3)
Where more single men and women live in NYC, using Trulia data to map the results.
Mapping Dog Breeds and Names in NYC
Fittingly, Yorkie is the top breed across most neighborhoods in NYC, but Bella was the top dog name…
The idea of leaving Manhattan permanently irritates me.
The late ED KOCH, former mayor of New York, on why he bought a burial plot at Manhattan’s Trinity Church Cemetery in Washington Heights — the only cemetery on the island still accepting burials — five years before he died
(via jessbennett)
via nycgov:
February 1, 2013, will be the 100th anniversary of the opening of Grand Central Terminal. To help prepare for the occasion, Metro-North electricians polished and dusted the historic melon chandeliers that illuminate the Terminal, and replaced bulbs as needed. When the chandeliers were installed a century ago, they carried bare, energy-hungry incandescent bulbs. Today they use efficient compact fluorescent bulbs that use just 5 watts to provide the same amount of light as the previous 25-watt bulbs. Each chandelier holds 110 light bulbs.
Photo Credit: MTA Flickr
Without the extra time on our subway commutes, many NYers (like me) would never be able to squeeze in the extra reading time…
via paperandparticles:
A great photo set celebrating the act of reading in transit and how books take us where we’re going.
2012 Highlights from the Underground New York Public Library
Here are ten highlights from almost one thousand photographs that have become part of the UNYPL in 2012. Each photo posted in the library is beloved. The Reading-Riders have thoroughly inspired me, in their presence and in their act of transcendence. Photographing and interacting with them in the past year has impacted me as a photographer and as a person.To them, Thank you!
HT The Believer
A “best of” set for one of my very favorite Tumblrs.
Visualizing one day of activity for New York’s transit system (by STLTransit)
