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In August of 1972, the New York City Transit Authority debuted a colorful diagrammatic map of the subway system, now commonly referred to as the Vignelli Map. Trace the evolution of subway maps that led to the Vignelli Map and its use today.
15 mar 2024 · MAP TIMELINE: 1939 TO PRESENT. Below is a timeline demonstrating the significant changes in NYC's Subway maps since 1939. It portrays the fascinating variations in map designs over time as well as the transportation systems continuing expansion.
7 cze 2020 · Old maps of the New York City Subway. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. “Old maps” means maps authored over 70 years ago, that is, in 1953 or earlier.
Joe Brennan has put together two maps detailing the construction of the joint IRT/BMT subway in Brooklyn, circa 1920. Note, these are large images. The first map depicts the tunnel sections of the Contract 2 portion and the Fulton Street and Flatbush Avenue subway.
12 paź 2024 · A vintage Vignelli map, noted for its clean, abstract aesthetic, has been uncovered at the 57th Street/6th Avenue F train subway station (see photos here). The relic has not been taken down since...
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30 lis 2011 · Transit Maps: Historical Map: New York Subway, 1966. The main arguments against Massimo Vignelli’s masterful 1972 diagrammatic map of the New York Subway are that New York never had a diagram before and hated it, and that it distorted the geography too much (the usual example given is the compression of Central Park into a square instead of ...
