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Posted by gbs on Sun Jan 12 21:31:55 2020, in response to Question About Court Sq- 23rd Street Station, posted by Mitch45 on Sat Jan 11 23:01:15 2020. In the 1960s the TA hired a design firm to create simplified and unified signage. In their analysis the consultants found, among other complexities, two opposite problems: "same name -- different things" and "different names -- same thing". Examples of the first, which is harder to solve, include the three unconnected stations in Brooklyn named "Van Siclen Av", (J/Z, A/C, 3), the two "Fifth Av" stations in Manhattan (E/M, N/R/W), and the two "Seventh Av" stations, one in Manhattan (B,D,E) and one in Brooklyn (B,Q), and the B stops at both! There are lots of other similar examples, both within one borough and across boroughs. Examples of the second, which has been easier to correct, include Broadway Junction (L), Eastern Parkway (J,Z), and Broadway - East New York (A,C), now all called Broadway Junction; Myrtle Av (L) and Wyckoff Av (M), now called Myrtle-Wyckoff; Fulton St (2,3,4,5,J,Z) and Broadway-Nassau (A,C), now called Fulton St; and the attempt at Court Square, which is partially successful (because of the beautiful IND name tablets). The "artwork" was installed when storage closets were created on both platforms by building false walls and converting some of the double-width floor area into single-width platform. One name tablet on each platform was lost behind the false walls (they're in the closets, which are parallelogram-shaped), but all the others are still there in all their glory. The dark red band on the top of the false walls is darker than the original stripe, but they did a commendable job in keeping the spirit of the original design. 
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