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1 | Year | Month | Day | Time | End Year | End Month | End Day | End Time | Display Date | Headline | Text | Media | Media Credit | Media Caption | Media Thumbnail | Type | Group | Background |
2 | Mapping the New York City Subway Lines Through Time | Stephanie Meltzer <br> INFO-658 | https://miro.medium.com/max/2000/1*43kcpL64Y8Lxmqpa4EgRkA.png | Metropolitan Transit Authority | title | https://miro.medium.com/max/2000/1*43kcpL64Y8Lxmqpa4EgRkA.png | ||||||||||||
3 | 1924 | 1939 | 1924 | The Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation | New York City was previously home to three different transportation systems including the Interborough Rapid Transit Company, Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation, and Independent Subway System. Each company maintained a separate map of their routes. Subway lines (by today's standards) lacked alphanumeric naming, and each route was differentiated by two dimensions: 1. solid or dotted lines 2. color. | https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/1924_BMT_dual_contracts_map.jpg | Public Domain | Early map of the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation's lines. | https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/1924_BMT_dual_contracts_map.jpg | |||||||||
4 | 1939 | 1967 | 1939 | The Unified Map | Once the 3 transit companies merged in the late 30s, a unified map was finally available. While the original company names were still used in the map's key, all stops were upgraded with labelling by street name. | https://s3.amazonaws.com/nycsubway.org/images/maps/system_1939.jpg | Metropolitan Transit Authority | All three companies combined onto a single map. | https://s3.amazonaws.com/nycsubway.org/images/maps/system_1939.jpg | |||||||||
5 | 1967 | 1972 | 1967 | The Influence of R. Raleigh D'Adamo | With major construction impacting the system, the existing maps were rendered obsolete. A competition was held to the general public to re-visualize the subway map. R. Raleigh D'Adamo innovatively proposed to replace the color codes, which had represented the 3 transit companies, to instead represent different rail lines. This concept was implemented in November of 1967. | https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iOEFy7_zDCEo/v0/-1x-1.jpg | Reka Komoli, Raleigh D'Adamo | Digitally restored version of Raleigh D'Adamo's 1967 map. | https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iOEFy7_zDCEo/v0/-1x-1.jpg | |||||||||
6 | 1972 | 1978 | 1972 | The Redesign by Massimo Vignelli | Following the formation of the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA), designer Massimo Vignelli took on the task of re-imagining the map. He favored aesthetically pleasing evenly spaced location points and prioritized flow over geographical accuracy. A simple color coded system was used to differentiate subway lines from one another. All other information was withheld in favor of creating simplicity. | https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/13279929/New_York_Subway_Guide__1972.jpg | New York Transit Museum | Massimo Vignelli's 1972 map. | https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/13279929/New_York_Subway_Guide__1972.jpg | |||||||||
7 | 1978 | 2010 | 1978 | The Reimagination of John Tauranac and Michael Hertz Associates | John Tauranac was newly assigned to the Subway Map Committee. With the expertise of psychologist Arline Bronzaft and painter painter Nobuyuki "Nobu" Siraisi, they replaced the straight lines of Vignelli's map with curved lines in hopes of better embodying the physical experience of riding the subway. Route markers and transfer station indicators were deemed necessary and added. | http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2013/08/02/nyregion/01cityroom-map/01cityroom-map-superJumbo.jpg | Metropolitan Transit Authority | The redesign by Tauranac and Michael Hertz Associates. | http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2013/08/02/nyregion/01cityroom-map/01cityroom-map-superJumbo.jpg | |||||||||
8 | 2010 | 2021 | 2010 - Present | The Current Interpretation of Tauranac's Design | With NYC bustling with tourism, the english-only map was translated and reproduced in six other languages. Additional updates included a typeface change to Helvetica, new representation of the Staten Island Railway, and a late-night version of the map was circulated which excluded any stations lacking late-night subway service. A high density of stations in Lower Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn call for a larger representation on today's map, rendering it geographically innacurate. | https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/18z0kq4s8swbljpg.jpg | NYC Transit Forums | The NYC subway map as we currently know it. | https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/18z0kq4s8swbljpg.jpg |