Friday, October 14, 2011

MTA eliminates that pesky Alphabet City in new subway map

[Via Second Ave. Sagas]

Meant to note this earlier in the week... when the Times ran a piece on the new MTA subway map... In a "decluttering" effort, the MTA streamlined the map to make it easier to read ... in the process, Avenues A, B, C and D (among many others in the city) are no longer represented.

Hmm, I don't know. I like things cluttered. Like stores. And maps. And streets. Why does everything in the city have to be so neat and orderly. Like you have to have a shiny Cemusa coffin instead of a ramshackle newsstand.

Anyway!

2nd Ave. Sagas has a lot more on the changes here.

Oh, and here's a look at the older map...

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h/t Shawn Chittle
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8 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 14, 2011 at 7:54 AM

    Maps need to be functional and removing some of the streets does help that. I do love older maps, especially ones with old service names and old routes.

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  2. VH McKenzieOctober 14, 2011 at 9:15 AM

    If you need a subway map to get to the EV you're already in trouble.

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  3. AnonymousOctober 14, 2011 at 10:31 AM

    Pshaw. The city ain't for you, you only live here. New York City is for the tourists. where have you been.

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  4. glammaOctober 14, 2011 at 10:41 AM

    on the bright side, perhaps it will prevent more rubes and yahoos from coming to the area.

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  5. VH McKenzieOctober 14, 2011 at 12:00 PM

    Right, Glamma.

    As the oldtimers in Maine used to tell the tourists who asked for directions, "You can't get they-ah from heah-ah."

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  6. Lux LivingOctober 14, 2011 at 1:30 PM

    New York City is now changing to accommodate tourists? Does this mean we can all go to Boston and tell them to use the letter "R"?

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  7. timOctober 14, 2011 at 4:00 PM

    I'm with Anon 7:54. That's got to be the most useless "decluttering" of a map ever.

    They should just get rid of all the surface streets altogether and just put the names of the different realtor created neighborhoods in.

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  8. AnonymousOctober 15, 2011 at 9:28 AM

    Please note that the new map shows Tompkins Square bisected by 8th Street. Robert Moses lives!

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