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Re: Why New Yorkers Insisted On A ''Worse'' Subway Map |
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Posted by mack c-49 on Sat Nov 10 14:42:19 2018, in response to Why New Yorkers Insisted On A "Worse" Subway Map, posted by LuchAAA on Sat Nov 10 04:06:16 2018. I learned my way around the trains of NYC from the pre-Vignelli maps of the late 50s which showed the IRT in black, the BMT in green and the IND in red. (Subconsciously I still think of the lines in those colors.) Those maps were more diagrammatic than geographic but they were clear and easy to read. True, the system is more complex now in some ways than it was then, but I think both the literal and representative mapping philosophies have advantages. Perhaps NY Subway should have maps in both styles! No doubt the Vignelli map was a work of art as well as being utilitarian. |
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