The New York City Subway is the lifeblood of the city, yet it seems perpetually embroiled in crisis; though it’s currently caught in a terrible backlog of deferred maintenance, the city can’t function ...
Here, in chronological order, a roundup of historical, replicas and future iterations of the New York City subway map. Until the 1940s, the subway was run by three competing companies: Interborough ...
My interest in subway mosaics has been re-fired again, as it is every few years. I have a new admiration for the intricate mosaics that were assembled on station walls and signage in the subways ...
While the MTA oversees the city’s modern subway system and its 28 lines, a lucky few transit buffs got a stark reminder last week of an earlier era in the subway’s history. The MTA offered rail ...
This mesmerizing animation from very-appealing.com captures the New York City subway’s development, from the appearance of the oldest structures in the system in 1885, to the opening of the first ...
The Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT) was founded 100 years ago, on June 15, 1923, and New Yorkers gathered in Brooklyn to celebrate by riding on a train that was even older and had seen ...